Wow. A banner last two months for Elon Musk. He has managed to put himself at the top of the news cycle EVERY FRIGGIN’ DAY, replacing his buddy and superhero Donald Trump. For the love of god, give it a rest dude! Musk only took over Twitter on October 27th, but it already feels like a fucking decade ago.
Ya gotta love all the nasty names swirling around for this megalomaniac. Musk truly deserves them all, and worse. It is but a wee dose of the bullying and belittling he dishes out daily in his tweets and in his capacity as the boss.
Protesters projected some of these new nicknames onto Twitter’s headquarters over the last few weeks, with others passing through his waning staff’s emails and tweets. Here are just a few: Dictator’s Asskisser, Bankruptcy Baby, Insecure Colonizer, Petulant Pimple, Mediocre Manchild, Elmo, Lawless Oligarch, Supreme Parasite, Cruel Hoarder, Petty Racist and Apartheid Profiteer. New names for Twitter itself: Elon Gated Community, Dumpster Fire, OnlyStans and Shitter.
Looking to leave Twitter? NPR has some ideas on social networks to join as you fly the Twitter coup. So far only a million folks have left Twitter (this according to MIT), but Musk is daily providing more reasons for people to get the hell out. We all have our tipping point and Musk is going to find this out sooner rather than later. Just yesterday (12/15/22), Mr. Free Speech Absolutist booted half a dozen of the top tech journalists off his platform. This sort of bullshit WILL precipitate the loss of more Twitterati. And once they leave… all bets are off.
Glance over these headlines from the last two months… shit! Time for Twitter’s advertisers to get the fuck out of there. Seriously, who in their right mind would want their products and services associated with this Dumpster Fire?
After a huge drop in revenue resulting from advertisers leaving the platform, Musk tweeted: “A thermonuclear name and shame is exactly what will happen if this continues.”
HEADLINES SINCE MUSK’S 10/27/22 TAKEOVER
And just saying: this is the TIP of the iceberg…
The New Top Troll Spoils Trump’s Comeback
Twitter Suspensions Draw International Outrage
At Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk Was A Jerk With A Grand Vision. At Twitter, He’s Just A Jerk.
Elon Musk Is A Jekyll and Hyde Character. And A Head of Twitter, Hyde Is Winning.
Tesla Shareholder Frustration Turns Into Revolt Against Elon Musk
The Childish Drama of Elon Musk
Elon Musk Seeks Additional Funds for Twitter
Jared Kushner, Elon Musk Spotted Together at World Cup Final in Qatar
Washington Post Tech Journalist Taylor Lorenz Bounced Off Twitter
Elon Musk's Twitter Wants Reporter To Take Down His Tweet – But He Won't Give In
Opinion | Not Another Column About Elon Muskn
Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists
Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” Are An Exercise in Hypocrisy
Elon Musk’s Twitter Barbs Have New Magnitude
Musk Suspends Journalists from Twitter, Claims “Assassination” Danger
Twitter Suspends Journalists Who Wrote About Elon Musk
A Reminder of Just Some of the Terrible Things Elon Musk Has Said and Done
Elon Musk’s Role At Tesla Questioned As Twitter Occupies His Attention
Elon Musk Is Now Banning Journalists and Competitors On Twitter
Elon Musk, No Longer The Richest After Tesla Dive, Has Reportedly Stopped Twitter's Rent Payments
Elon Musk Could Lose The Richest Person Title As Tesla Value Almost Halves
Twitter To Lose 32m Users In Two Years After Elon Musk Takeover
Tesla Stock Extends Declines as Broader Markets Rise
Elon Musk Sells $3.5 Billion Worth Of Tesla Stock And No One Knows Why
Musk Issues Ultimatum to Staff: Commit To “Hardcore” Twitter Or Take Severance
Twitter Looking To Stiff Laid-Off Employees On Their Severance
Report: Deadbeat Twitter Not Paying Rent
Twitter Abruptly Dissolves Safety Council Moments Before Meeting
QAnon, Adrift After Trump’s Defeat, Finds New Life In Elon Musk’s Twitter
Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter’s “Ethical AI” Team
Elon Musk Appears To Threaten Advertisers Wary Of His Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk Accuses Activists Of “Trying To Destroy Free Speech” As Advertisers Flee
Elon Musk Uses QAnon Tactic In Criticizing Former Twitter Safety Chief
Advertisers Fleeing, Workers In Fear: Welcome to Elon Musk’s Twitter
#ClimateScam: Denialism Claims Flooding Twitter Have Scientists Worried
“Verified” Anti-Vax Accounts Proliferate As Twitter Struggles To Police Content
Hate Speech’s Rise On Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find
Twitter Disarray Deepens As Musk Ultimatum Drives Away Key Workers
Twitter Keeps Missing Its Advertising Targets as Woes Mount
Musk May Try To Deny Severance To Thousands Laid Off By Twitter
Elon Musk’s Ex-Wife Disputes His Claim He Held Infant Son In Arms When Boy Died
Women Sue Twitter, Claiming Musk Layoffs Unfairly Targeted Female Staff
Dave Chappelle Brings Elon Musk Onstage At Comedy Show And Boos Abound
Musk’s Neuralink Faces Federal Inquiry After Killing 1500 Animals In Testing
Elon Musk Tells Twitter Staff To Work Long Hours Or Leave
Musk’s Attack on Twitter Workers Brings Company to the Brink of Collapse
Elon Musk’s $50 Billion Payday Trial: Tesla CEO Testifies In His Own Defense
“Not a good look” | Twitter's Elon Musk Faces Down Burned Out Staff With Latest Controversial Move
Elon Musk’s Twitter Role Puts Tesla Board Under New Scrutiny
Elon Musk Heads to Court to Defend His Billions in Tesla Pay
Exposing the Fraudulence of Elon Musk and Tesla
Elon Musk Refuses To Pay Travel Invoices Twitter Incurred Before His Arrival
Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi, And A Very Modern Media Maelstrom
Elon Musk Gives Twitter Employees a Deadline to Stay or Leave
Liberals Struggle To Find Viable Twitter Alternative After Musk Takeover
Judge Rules Elon Musk Was Lying In "Taking Tesla Private" Tweets
Elon Musk Lying About His Kid’s Death For Twitter Points Has Left The Internet Enraged
Elon Musk sends Ukraine a broadside with threat to cut Starlink funds
Twitter’s Rivals Try to Capitalize on Musk-Induced Chaos
Elon Musk Loses Title of Richest Person to Bernard Arnault
Twitter Moderators Turn To Automation Amid A Reported Surge In Hate Speech
Elon Musk Tweets Conspiracy Theory About Paul Pelosi Attack, Then Deletes Post
Days After Laying Off Half The Company, Twitter Asks Some Employees To Come Back
Dr. Fauci Hits Back At Elon Musk Attack With Withering Description Of Twitter
Twitter Has “50% Chance” of Major Crash During World Cup, Says Insider
Twitter Reportedly Disbands Brussels Office, Leading To Compliance Concern
Chinese Bots Flood Twitter In Attempt To Obscure Covid Protests
Users Urged To Archive Tweets Amid Rumors Of Twitter Implosion
How Elon Musk’s Twitter Reign Magnified His Brutal Management Style
SpaceX Employees Say They Were Fired For Criticizing Elon Musk In Open Letter
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump’s Presidential Campaign
3 Problems Elon Musk Can’t Ignore
Here’s Why Elon Musk Is The Worst Kind of Boss
The Voices Left Out of Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Agenda
Elon Musk Is Harming Free Expression on Twitter, Not Protecting It
The Tech CEO Spending Millions To Stop Elon Musk
Elon Musk Wanted To Go To Mars. Now He’s Distracted By Blue Check Marks
Elon Musk’s Confused, Self-Serving Vision of Journalism on Twitter
Twitter Suspends Account That Tracked Elon Musk’s Private Jet
Tesla Investors Voice Concern Over Elon Musk’s Focus on Twitter
Elon Musk’s Release of Documents Triggers Twitter Lawyer Jim Baker’s Exit
Twitter’s Advertising Truth Hurts
Eli Lilly Stock Takes A Dip After Verified Twitter Imposter Says Insulin Is Free
Layoffs Have Stretched Twitter’s Child Safety Team Alarmingly Thin
COVID-19 Misinformation Is Allowed On Twitter Now
Elon Musk Is Rolling Out Twitter's Red Carpet For The Far Right
Some Twitter Power Users Try Business Casual on LinkedIn
Elon Musk’s Apple Attack Sets Stage for Public Spat With Risks for Apple, Twitter
EU Official Warns Elon Musk That Changes Are Needed at Twitter
Twitter Under Elon Musk Abandons Covid-19 Misinformation Policy
Twitter’s Former Trust and Safety Chief Says He Left When System of Governance Went Away
Elon Musk Undoes Twitter’s Trust & Safety
Elon Musk No Longer World's Richest Person
Twitter’s Former Safety Head Forced Into Hiding After Threats: Reports
Elon Musk's Twitter Dissolves Trust And Safety Council
Musk Declares 'I'm Rich, Bitch!' After Thousands Boo Him At Dave Chappelle Show
Elon Musk Calls For Fauci's Prosecution, Attacks Twitter’s Ex-Safety Head
“Free Speech Absolutist” Elon Musk Reportedly Threatens To Sue Twitter Workers Who Leak To Press
3 Members Of Twitter's Trust And Safety Council Just Resigned
Elton John Says He's Quitting Twitter And Elon Musk Tries To Get Him To Stay
Women Sue Elon Musk's Twitter Alleging Discriminatory Layoffs
Elon Musk Says He Wanted To 'Punch' Kanye West After He Tweeted A Swastika
Even Right-Wingers Think Elon Musk's Hunter Biden Reveal Is A Nothingburger
French President Macron Warns Elon Musk That Twitter Must Heed EU Rules Against Lies, Hate
Radio Host Dean Obeidallah Savages 'Deadbeat Nazi' Brought Back To Twitter Under Elon Musk
Elon Musk Accused of Turning Twitter Offices Into Bedrooms
Jump In Twitter Hate Speech Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find
Elon Musk Just Let A Notorious Neo-Nazi Troll Back On Twitter
Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave
Angry Tweeters Are Being Force-Fed Extremism In Surprise New Feeds On Elon Musk's Twitter
Extremists Organizing To Purge Reported 5,000 Progressives From Twitter With Fake Complaints
Elon Musk Joins Twitter Trolls Bashing Alyssa Milano For Dumping Her Tesla
Elon Musk Sends Cryptic Reply After Ye Tries To Subvert Alex Jones Twitter Ban
Twitter Users Brutally Mock Elon Musk For Trying To Shame Apple Into Advertising
Elon Musk Says He'd Back Trump Rival Ron DeSantis If He Runs For President
Stephen King Swats Elon Musk In 'MyPillow' Fight On Twitter
Oh Look, Elon Musk Is Letting More Banned Accounts Back On Twitter
Elon Musk Taunts Trent Reznor For Quitting Twitter. Wil Wheaton Shreds Musk Back
Jack White Torches Elon Musk’s ‘A**hole Move’ With Scathing KKK Analogy
Elon Musk's Twitter Restores Marjorie Taylor Greene's Personal Account
Elon Musk Likes Kanye West’s ‘Shalom’ Tweet Following Antisemitic Tirades
NAACP Calls On Twitter Advertisers To Take Action After Trump's Reinstatement
Musk Restores Trump's Twitter Account After Online Poll
Hundreds of Twitter Employees Say No To Being Part of Elon Musk’s “Extremely Hardcore” Twitter
Brutal Nickname For Elon Musk Goes Mega-Viral On His Twitter
Twitter Users Resort To Memes, Say #RIP To Troubled Platform After Resignations
Hundreds Of Workers Seem To Leave Twitter As Elon Musk's 'Hardcore' Deadline Passes
Elon Musk's Latest Twitter Cuts: Thousands Of Contract Workers
Twitter Pauses 'Blue' Verifications After Raft Of Fake Accounts
Things Sure Don't Seem To Be Going Well At Twitter
Research Shows Tweets With Racial Slurs Have Soared Since Elon Musk Took Over
Verified Bush And Tony Blair Profiles Work To Make Musk's Twitter 'Completely
Musk Endorses Republicans As Concerns Grow Over Twitter’s Impact On Elections
Kathy Griffin Ingeniously Fights Back After Elon Musk Suspends Her Twitter Account
Elon Musk Begins Mass Layoffs At Twitter
Elon Musk's Twitter Is Already Screwing Over Queer People
Democratic Senator Concerned Over Saudi Financing In Musk's Twitter Deal
Mehdi Hasan Sums Up Elon Musk's Twitter: “Right-Wing Crazies Make Whiny Complaints”
LeBron James Calls On Elon Musk To Address 'Scary AF' Explosion Of N-Word On Twitter
Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Launching Test Of Rival Social Network
Trump Calls For 'Termination' Of Constitution Over Elon Musk's 'Twitter Files' Leak
TWITTER QUITTERS
Twitter Is Losing Its Most Active Users
Twitter May Have Lost More Than A Million Users Since Elon Musk Took Over
Every Celebrity Who Has Left the Bird App
All the Celebrities Who’ve Quit Twitter Because of Elon Musk
Who’s Going, Who’s Staying, Who (Could Be) Back On Elon Musk’s Twitter
ADVERTISERS WHO HAVE LEFT TWITTER
Advertisers Hit The Pause Button With Twitter
Twitter Has Lost 50 of Its Top 100 Advertisers Since Elon Musk Took Over, Report Says
Every Advertiser to Pull Out of Twitter Since Musk's Takeover—Full List
Advertisers Are Dropping Twitter. Musk Can’t Afford To Lose Any More
Twitter Keeps Missing Its Advertising Targets as Woes Mount
VIABLE TWITTER ALTERNATIVES
Stay tuned. Help is on the way and we’ll cover alternatives as they emerge.
Between Musk’s massive unleashing of Twitter talent in the last month and Twitter’s historically liberal following, there inevitably will be venture capitalists and developers who see this as an opportunity and who will pick up the reins. Imagine this: something better and more socially responsible than Twitter. Could be. Will be.
In the meantime, tuck into some alternative universes and see what transpires. For some LinkedIn is proving to be a safe harbor. Others are turning to Clubhouse, CounterSocial, Discord, Mastodon, Reddit, Tumblr and WT.Social. Holidays with PTO are coming up, at least for those who don’t work for Musk. Take some time to find your peeps elsewhere! It might actually be a refreshing change. And it will certainly be less toxic than Musk’s Twitter.
Tis An Ill Bird That Fouls Its Own Nest (medieval proverb)