Archived version: https://archive.li/Yg8r8
My favorite part:
But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.
“it’s highly annoying, but Twitter is still my preferred social media,” Vaught said. “That’s how I communicate and learn my news about what’s going on. Nothing else compares.”
His only “minor protest” to X’s action, he said, was to cancel his Twitter Blue subscription.
Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he’s interested in Musk’s electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn’t tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He’s holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he’s struggling to adjust to the rebranding.
So am I. But the guy is an idiot. SpaceX in particular is successful because he isn’t the person running the day-to-day operations.
You can be excited about the work the engineers are doing without idolizing the bigoted CEO.
I don’t see why so many people can’t separate the awful business man from the science.
This. I love the science SpaceX is doing. I love the EV momentum Tesla created (even if their own products are proving to be less than stellar, no pun intended).
Musk is a huge tool though.
Right. SpaceX and Tesla are successful despite their destructive CEO, not because of him.
Gwynne Shotwell does not get enough main stream credit for keeping SpaceX (and Musk) afloat. She’s OP.