Also, more vocal on his own.
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Yes, he very intentionally brings a lot of attention on himself.
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Zuck too busy keeping his stock price up to get hated
The attention Elon brings to himself is for all the wrong reasons and may hurt his Tesla brand long term.
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Because he runs his stupid face so much. Pretty easy math.
Thereâs a difference in truly caring and liking to fight. For example, I like to fight. I post on here, which is an opportunity cost against my personal productivity. I would say the time I waste on here mocking leftists is far more expensive to me than any legal costs Musk will incur filing and winning lawsuits. You can ratio that against my net income, assets, PPE, etc. But I mock Leftists not just because itâs the right thing morally. Itâs just good clean fun. Musk is having fun.
I still donât believe that he doesnât care if people advertise on X or not. Also, I donât know what Elonâs legal costs would be and I agree they likely are not a significant concern to him.
Heâs likely more concerned about the $44 Billion investment that he made that is worth less than half of that now, has big intrest payments to make, and still not profitable. Iâd say the cost of Elonâs investment in X compared to the opportunity cost of other endeavours is showing to be a money loser when you consider it takes his focus away from Tesla when it might really need it.
Then again, I could be wrong, he could not care about any of it as he figures he will just make more money.
Of course he cares.
I mean he cares on a different level. If these were just your garden variety giant advertisers that met on the golf course and said, âwe like Elon but predatory woke EU is going to suffocate us if we keep advertising on twatterâ then he wouldnât raise a finger. He knows this isnât the case. The parties in question âareâ the predatory woke. So now he wants to fight. Iâll bet you that deep down where it really matters this is more about mocking them in the end that any remuneration he might derive in litigation.
This is just my correct opinion.
Nice word salad.
I also donât know how âwokeâ it is to say I donât want my brand advertised next to extremist Nazi content, and we wonât advertise until you can clearly make sure that doesnât happen.
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Iâm sure thatâs part of it but your view of Elon is very likely distorting reality. Mine perhaps the other way.
But youâre mostly just making up excuses for why heâs still great and has it all figured out.
Liberalism/Progressivism has essentially captured corporate inertia (though itâs slowly declining from the 2020-2022 peak âwokenessâ era), and so any company that advertises their brand/product on any platform that is associated with/allows conservative social views (which gets labeled as free speech by conservatives) is too risky
itâs really that simple. Most corporations are going to prefer fiscally-conservative policy, thatâs just a given, but the social aspect is what is the kicker
Do you read your own press releases? What a load of drivel. Musk is doing this as a performative thing because he had the money to drive a non-profit consortium out of business. No big whoop to those âwokeâ (I know you laugh to yourself when you type this, but it really is MTG level silly) advertisers, as they will not advertise with him anyway. Especially when he tells them to eff themselves.
Elon has eff me money, meaning he can do whatever stupid thing he wants because he can absorb the cost. Doesnât make him smart.
Clowns gonna clown.
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Itâs Nazis, not conservative views that advertisers donât want to be associated with. Conservatives make up a big chunk, if not a majority of their customers.
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The advertising issue began as soon as he bought the platform in 2022, which was largely on the premise of âfree speechâ, firing the incumbent staff, âtwitter filesâ, etcâŠ
This was in supplemented with the anti-DEI, anti-Woke, anti-ESG rhetoric that was largely being spoken about from conservative-leaning people. Nazism is just a small but loud aspect of that demographic.
Itâs clear now that many corporations are dumping alot of the woke idealogies. DEI and ESG for example, were incredibly significant concepts that reached the zeitgeist, both of which are now non-existence or in quick decline.
That being said, a platform like X is still too risky to advertise on, regardless of customer base. Consumers of Tesla I would argue are mostly wealthier, left-leaning to moderate people rather than republicans
That sounds like you got that from an article or something. What are you basing that on?
what aspect of my post are you referring to?
You are correct there, I think originally it was a wait and see approach as well. He very well could have made moves that calmed advertiser fears within the first few months. His unpredictable chaos makes it harder for an advertiser to trust.
I donât think any corporation cares about those things until it turns into something like racism, homophobia, etc. Then, they donât want their brand attached.
I call bull on that, DEI is still very active in the corporate space. There are a lot of companies that find value in DEI as a general issue, and not the (properly) villified DEI of quotas or blaming white people.
That is the bottom line. The chaotic nature of X and the changes have not helped anyone want to come back. Why committ funds to advertise if you canât trust the site to be transparent on the changes that could affect your brand. You donât want your brand being hurt because someone woke up today and said letâs make a change now.
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The paragraph I quoted. See below:
Is that what you think you are doing ?
Now that is funny. ROFL 
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