What if he dedicated this energy to reducing homelessness or slowing climate change? Showing up a tech company for having a lot of fake accounts seems more like a dick measuring contest than a fine moment for anyone.
It's not his job to reduce homelessness or slow climate change. Dedicate your energy to getting your elected representatives to do their jobs. They have orders of magnitude more money and power.
There seem to be a lot of people on HN, as anywhere, who lionize Elon Musk and praise seemingly everything he does -- like the post I replied to, which characterized his business with Twitter as among his "finest moments."
I'd personally suggest that his work to electrify the car market is very important. His moves to buy Twitter -- sincere or not -- seem like utter bullshit. Especially compared to the things he could do to significantly improve lives for millions if not billions of people. And all at a lower cost than buying a social media company.
That work is great! Let's have more of it. Trolling social media companies on the other hand only serves the ego of sensitive billionaires and their superfans.
What if he dedicated this energy to reducing homelessness or slowing climate change? Showing up a tech company for having a lot of fake accounts seems more like a dick measuring contest than a fine moment for anyone.