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parker_mountain on Nov 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: An unconfirmed tweet about Freeport LNG is upendin...

> How is anything on Twitter taken seriously anymore

Although the average user on HN is terminally online, most people still view Twitter as a useful utility.

Every day Elon continues this charade is a day of incredible, massive brand damage.

Someone posting Eli Lily was pricing insulin for free caused their stock to plunge - along with other biotech companies. Someone convinced many people that an official Nintendo account said Mario was gay. No wonder advertisers are pulling their ads.

flutas on Nov 11, 2022 | [–]

>Someone posting Eli Lily was pricing insulin for free caused their stock to plunge - along with other biotech companies.

Not really.

Context: they had other massive profits lost (125k/dose medication).

https://twitter.com/quantian1/status/1591149510168039426

ianai on Nov 11, 2022 | [–]

But we’d all be better off if people knew to take the internet with appropriate doses of skepticism.

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