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Banning PG was a mistake [0]

> [George Hotz] I'm upset when I see PG get banned for mentioning mastodon

> [Elon] yeah, that was a mistake

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNkSQ42jg4&t=42m14s

Meta note: it's worth listening to this historical 'space' in full (well, the first ~1h while Elon's on). The meta-pattern becomes obvious: people (esp nay-sayers) are outraged about ~20 different issues, X since addressed most of them, but the outrage-mob moved on to new issues, X will address them, and so on.

The point: the ragey mob is never satified, X moves very quickly (partly due to it's willingness to try things, and occasionally fail in the short term) but this strategy is long-term optimal.


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ibero11/05/2025

counter point: x active usage is down. the “ragey mob” were engaged users who have since left, along with the user growth and MAU.

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