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[-] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 57 points 2 years ago

Twitter’s response to a request for comment regarding its Boulder offices was an automatic email with a poop emoji. Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted in May that this is the new auto-response for press inquiries.

I can't believe this is real, what an absolute clown show.

[-] cavemeat@beehaw.org 30 points 2 years ago

That is...childish and unprofessional to say the least.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago

This is why they are getting fined for more than the company is worth in Germany, they also responded to the German Data Protection Authority's inquiries with poop emojis.

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[-] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Because he, the Saudi princes, and the Qatar government didn’t overpay for twitter to be a successful business, but to buy influence and control information.

[-] fox@beehaw.org 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Twitter’s response to a request for comment regarding its Boulder offices was an automatic email with a poop emoji. Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted in May that this is the new auto-response for press inquiries.

Wow!

[-] supernovae@readit.buzz 37 points 2 years ago

Have they paid for any of their offices?

[-] dope@beehaw.org 44 points 2 years ago

Valid question that can be expanded even further. Has Elon paid for... anything?! Last I heard, Google is still waiting on their payment for their cloud services. 😂

[-] pete@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Wonder how much of them not just killing the servers is to avoid a monopoly lawsuit/perception.

I'd assume if they (Twitter) were a normal non-social advertising company they'd just cut them off and be done. Granted it's hard to know how long they haven't paid, but my guess is basically since Elon took over.

[-] ConfinesCalvary@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago

Apparently the contract is up at the end of the month. So google is meeting there end of the deal even if twitter is not meeting theirs.

[-] pete@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Heh, if I'm Google I'm just calling it. They have nothing to lose, a single Twitter team is a drop in the bucket for them.

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[-] NotMerritStone@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

If you're bored and looking for something (un)interesting to read - you can see some of the legal filings surrounding the lawsuit for non-payment of rent on their SF headquarters on this website.

[-] bouncing@partizle.com 8 points 2 years ago

I'm assuming you couldn't get around the paywall, so here you go:

In May, Twitter’s landlord filed a complaint against its tenant Twitter, alleging that the company is behind on rent payments. The landlord is Lot 2 SBO LLC, affiliated with The John Buck Company, a Chicago-based real estate firm.

The complaint alleges that Twitter set up a letter of credit for $968,000 that the landlord could draw upon if the company failed to pay its rent, and the lease agreement said Twitter must replenish that letter of credit within 10 days if that were to happen.

The landlord used the letter of credit toward the unpaid rent this March, according to the complaint, but Twitter failed to restore the letter of credit within 10 days, as outlined in its lease.

Basically yes, non-payment of rent.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I don't think they've even paid any bills.

[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

If I just broke contracts left and right, my credit rating would be ruined and I'd struggle to get any more financing. Yet this guy continues to leave a longer trail of financial wreckage behind him with few consequences. Our financial system is broken

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 19 points 2 years ago

The ~~social~~ credit rating system is just for poor Americans. Most people in the world don't have a credit rating, and neither do rich Americans or big companies.

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[-] Valliac@beehaw.org 23 points 2 years ago

As you can see, Twitter is now firmly in Act II: 'Finding Out'

[-] ApathyMoose@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago

Waiting for him to declare Squatters Rights.

" I...Declare.....SQUATTERS RIGHTS!!!!!!!"

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[-] dreadedchalupacabra@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago

How much does this dude have to do before everyone sues the pants off of him? We should be past that stage months ago.

[-] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

The mill of the law turns slowly, but it does mill fine.

[-] AlexTheTurtle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago

This is hilarious. Fuck musk

[-] Yoru_Sulfur@lemmy.davidbuckley.ca 15 points 2 years ago
[-] Tkltangent@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I'm curious how Twitter is still running. How can the servers stay up as the support structure rots around them...

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Maybe they pay in Exposure

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[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

If you’re going to link to an article that’s behind a paywall, please warn us.

[-] nulldev@lemmy.vepta.org 18 points 2 years ago

My bad, I have Bypass Paywalls Clean so I didn't even notice the paywall!

[-] dreadedchalupacabra@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Respectfully dude, it's not everyone else's job to police content for you. Paywalls are everywhere, it's the internet.

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A paywall can be a fair way for publishers to get subscribers and revenue.

Here it's less fair since it's an anti-adblock paywall that specifically targets user who obect to targeted advertising. It's trying to pressure readers into accepting tracking by advertisers.

[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

I agree that paywalls can be fair, and I appreciate your additional analysis of the situation. I’m not okay with being tracked.

[-] alottachairs@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

Elon's next tweet: "Squatters Rights! Very Interesting!! We are looking into it!!"

[-] MrMuz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
[-] Ralphensnitch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

So everyone has to return to office, but they didn't pay the bills for said office? This sounds about right for today's Twitter. What an awful place to work now.

[-] _MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Will be nice to go there and not see their office anymore.

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[-] thepotatoe@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

This is fricken hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Get out! (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠)⁠╯⁠︵⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

[-] darkknight@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago
[-] chriskoss@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i find it fascinating how many rubes seem to idolize self aggrandizers - there are really millions of people in the world who think each of [Elon Musk, Kanye West, Donald Trump, many more] are 'truly geniuses' - largely because they keep telling people that they are geniuses (and pay people to repeat the myth).

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