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Haraldur Thorleifsson (Halli), Iceland’s 2022 person of the year, went head-on with the world’s richest man (once) and won.
Well, at least he got his job back and a “sorry” from the person who has nearly 140M Twitter followers.
So this is what went down.
Halli found out on a Sunday that he was locked out from his Twitter computer.
Apparently, Elon fired 200+ employees and didn’t inform them.
Halli was one of them and he was none the wiser.
He patiently emailed Twitter to ask why and didn’t receive any reply for 9 days.
So he did what any logical person in 2023 would do, he took it to Twitter and tagged Elon for a response.
What was Elon’s response?
Epic as usual.
“The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm. Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.”
Elon Musk publicly accused ex-Twitter employee Haraldur Thorleifsson, who has muscular dystrophy, of using his disability to avoid work.
Yep.
He can do such things.
Welcome to Elon’s world.
That is power you can’t buy.
Except if you have $44B lying around to buy Twitter.
There was a series of back and forth like ping pong tweets.
With Elon prodding and mocking Halli as he explains and break confidentiality to divulge what work he has done.
For any HR and marketing people, this is a PR nightmare unfolding tweet by tweet.
Halfway into the ping pong match, Halli had confirmation that he was no long employed by Twitter.
Gangsta move.
Turns out, Elon subsequently retracked and actually apologized.
“I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful,” he tweeted. “He is considering remaining at Twitter.”
Now I don’t know what water or vitamins Elon has been taking, but he needs to check himself before he wrecks himself.
This is not good.
This does not look great on the resume and legacy of a multi-disciplinary genius who reinvented electric cars, payments and is taking humanity interstellar.
But all things considered, it was the smartest and most logical move Elon could have possibly taken.
After calling out, mocking, retorting and challenging Halli publicly, apologizing swiftly was the best thing he could do.
It will stop the incessant chatter, cut the negativity and the internet will forget in 24 hours.
If only his trigger finger was not that quick at the beginning.
Elon has 140M followers who live by his word, he should be wiser and more deliberate in his actions.
Hey, if billionaire tech legends can jump to conclusions and make such terrible decisions, maybe we can take it easier on ourselves too eh?
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Was Elon right to publicly mock people on Twitter?
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Haraldur Thorleifsson (Halli), Iceland’s 2022 person of the year, went head-on with the world’s richest man (once) and won.
Well, at least he got his job back and a “sorry” from the person who has nearly 140M Twitter followers.
So this is what went down.
Halli found out on a Sunday that he was locked out from his Twitter computer.
Apparently, Elon fired 200+ employees and didn’t inform them.
Halli was one of them and he was none the wiser.
He patiently emailed Twitter to ask why and didn’t receive any reply for 9 days.
So he did what any logical person in 2023 would do, he took it to Twitter and tagged Elon for a response.
What was Elon’s response?
Epic as usual.
“The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm. Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.”
Elon Musk publicly accused ex-Twitter employee Haraldur Thorleifsson, who has muscular dystrophy, of using his disability to avoid work.
Yep.
He can do such things.
Welcome to Elon’s world.
That is power you can’t buy.
Except if you have $44B lying around to buy Twitter.
There was a series of back and forth like ping pong tweets.
With Elon prodding and mocking Halli as he explains and break confidentiality to divulge what work he has done.
For any HR and marketing people, this is a PR nightmare unfolding tweet by tweet.
Halfway into the ping pong match, Halli had confirmation that he was no long employed by Twitter.
Gangsta move.
Turns out, Elon subsequently retracked and actually apologized.
“I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful,” he tweeted. “He is considering remaining at Twitter.”
Now I don’t know what water or vitamins Elon has been taking, but he needs to check himself before he wrecks himself.
This is not good.
This does not look great on the resume and legacy of a multi-disciplinary genius who reinvented electric cars, payments and is taking humanity interstellar.
But all things considered, it was the smartest and most logical move Elon could have possibly taken.
After calling out, mocking, retorting and challenging Halli publicly, apologizing swiftly was the best thing he could do.
It will stop the incessant chatter, cut the negativity and the internet will forget in 24 hours.
If only his trigger finger was not that quick at the beginning.
Elon has 140M followers who live by his word, he should be wiser and more deliberate in his actions.
Hey, if billionaire tech legends can jump to conclusions and make such terrible decisions, maybe we can take it easier on ourselves too eh?
-
Was Elon right to publicly mock people on Twitter?
-
#SocialMedia #DigitalCulture #OnlineResponsibility #InclusiveConversations #PositiveChange #EmpathyMatters #DigitalCitizenship #SocialResponsibility #OnlineEtiquette #BuildingConnections #BridgeDivides #SafeSpaces #DiversityandInclusion #ResponsibleSocialMedia #FutureofSocialMedia
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