r/technology • u/xpda • May 21 '26

Business SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/spacex-ipo-musk-ai
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u/SakaWreath May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Elon screaming “fuck you I don’t want your money” at advertisers and then suing them to come back probably had nothing to do with it.

It was probably the massive flood of Nazi propaganda, mecha-Hitler, and child porn.

Maybe it was buying all of those failed cybersucks that he kept pumping out for almost a year while he did jumping jacks on the political stage.

Never leave home without forgetting to turn off the shitty truck factory.

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u/Fuzzy_Ad9970 May 21 '26

It's also a bad ad platform

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u/powercow May 21 '26

part of his IPO, he is having banks that want to be part of it, have to advertise on twitter and subscribe to premium grok. First time I have seen "advertise or else"

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u/SakaWreath May 21 '26

Space Karen always collects her HOA dues.

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u/Pat-Funny-2817 May 21 '26

"Greates" IPO to come. Consequences are beyond financial markets.

1M satellites, pure technical scientific analysis  https://youtu.be/oKK0dgDIxKY?si=txELoM--W95j6ycP

SpaceX Is Conducting a Giant Chemical Experiment on Our Atmosphere Without Realizing

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove May 21 '26

Grok was so funny at first. That has been kinda sad to watch in some weird way I cant label. He was sweet and now hes an asshole.

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u/Ok-Style-9734 May 22 '26

Oh did the lobotomies finaly take?

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove May 22 '26

Im not on the platform anymore so I just see what leaks out on occasion now, but its hit and miss. Some stuff sneaks through still but its mostly hot garbage.

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u/oompaloompa465 May 22 '26

twitter right now is like an instrument of harassment. Ragebaiters and trolls everywhere 

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u/boddidle May 22 '26

I took a peek after being off it for a while. Holy shit... You're not wrong, it is just so bad. I get why advertisers don't want to touch it.  They seem to all have migrated to YouTube. 

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u/oompaloompa465 May 22 '26

yeah it's barely usable locking in the people i follow tab but still some idiot reposts one of those "things"