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.

    • Echo Dot
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      42
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he’s interested in Musk’s electric cars and space developments.

      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.

      • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        30
        ·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • deejay4am@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          17
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          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.

      • navi@lemmy.tespia.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        1 year ago

        Gwynne Shotwell does not get enough main stream credit for keeping SpaceX (and Musk) afloat. She’s OP.