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Aaron Greenspan
This morning, Alexandra Merz quote-tweeted a screenshot of my response that some account had posted in reply to her. 44 people responded. Then, for some reason, she deleted it.
In addition, as I expected would happen, Elon Musk has weighed in on Twitter to express his agreement with her video assailing Chancellor McCormick.
Why do I care? Because Chancellor McCormick is one of the only judges I've come across who is patient enough and detail-oriented enough to wade through thousands of pages of facts and lies and reach the correct conclusion most of the time, even when the parties involved are wealthy beyond imagining. And because I am genuinely concerned—and I know I'm not the only one—that the mob scrutiny Musk and his followers gin up is actually dangerous.
Meanwhile, it's obvious that Merz's and now Musk's purported concerns are much ado about nothing. McCormick addressed the insane notion that a deposition transcript was modified herself. She was extremely patient and clear. I'm not sure what more anyone could ask for. You can read the case documents here:
 CONF ORD 7.25.2023/Kevin Kulak v. Itshak ("Itzik") On, Court of Chancery of Delaware Case No. 2023-0011-KSJM
Once again, this case has absolutely nothing to do with Tesla, Elon Musk, or any issue related to them. Zero. It's just a random case.
Merz's followers think she should call the police and get a restraining order against me because I politely suggested via e-mail that she should take down her video in which she makes false and totally misleading statements. Things are pretty broken when the reflexive answer to a reasonable e-mail is police involvement, but sure, whatever, go ahead. You do you. I'm sure the police will get right on it, because, after all, according to Omar Qazi, I am an "extremely dangerous criminal." What was that about "free speech?"
Lunatics.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM EST •  Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Tesla retail shareholder and cult follower Alexandra Merz has posted a misleading and outrageously stupid diatribe on Twitter falsely accusing Chancellor McCormick—whom Musk despises—of corruption. Merz has absolutely no idea what she's talking about.
In her ten-minute tirade, she argues that a totally unrelated case involving a small business deal gone wrong proves that the Chancellor is corrupt because a court reporter made some errors in a transcript and no one bothered to file an errata. The Chancellor suggested that they should do that.
Merz also confused the Chancellor pointing out that she lacks federal criminal authority, which is an obviously true statement, with the Chancellor making some sort of criminal threat. This is just dumb.
It gets better. Merz is upset that Chancellor McCormick didn't automatically dismiss a legitimate lawsuit against individuals who allegedly engaged in wrongdoing—even though the docket shows that those individuals, whom she supports, never filed a motion to dismiss. So how would that work?
And Merz blames Chancellor McCormick for not giving proper instructions on how those individuals should have filed an appeal, even though that's not her job. Judges don't give legal advice. One could argue that they should, but that would require massive legal reform, and isn't her fault.
The real problem is that by banning any rational discussion on Twitter (while, of course, championing "free speech"), Musk has created a breeding ground for stupendous idiots like Merz and foreign state actors to seed conspiracy theories which can then spread without ever being checked.
Needless to say, there is absolutely no evidence that Chancellor McCormick is corrupt—only evidence that Alexandra Merz is a crackpot cult member with zero legal acumen who is upset that her pointless, time-wasting motions in the Court of Chancery have gone absolutely nowhere. |
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January 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM EST • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
This morning, Alexandra Merz quote-tweeted a screenshot of my response that some account had posted in reply to her. 44 people responded. Then, for some reason, she deleted it.
In addition, as I expected would happen, Elon Musk has weighed in on Twitter to express his agreement with her video assailing Chancellor McCormick.
Why do I care? Because Chancellor McCormick is one of the only judges I've come across who is patient enough and detail-oriented enough to wade through thousands of pages of facts and lies and reach the correct conclusion most of the time, even when the parties involved are wealthy beyond imagining. And because I am genuinely concerned—and I know I'm not the only one—that the mob scrutiny Musk and his followers gin up is actually dangerous.
Meanwhile, it's obvious that Merz's and now Musk's purported concerns are much ado about nothing. McCormick addressed the insane notion that a deposition transcript was modified herself. She was extremely patient and clear. I'm not sure what more anyone could ask for. You can read the case documents here:
CONF ORD 7.25.2023/Kevin Kulak v. Itshak ("Itzik") On, Court of Chancery of Delaware Case No. 2023-0011-KSJM
Once again, this case has absolutely nothing to do with Tesla, Elon Musk, or any issue related to them. Zero. It's just a random case.
Merz's followers think she should call the police and get a restraining order against me because I politely suggested via e-mail that she should take down her video in which she makes false and totally misleading statements. Things are pretty broken when the reflexive answer to a reasonable e-mail is police involvement, but sure, whatever, go ahead. You do you. I'm sure the police will get right on it, because, after all, according to Omar Qazi, I am an "extremely dangerous criminal." What was that about "free speech?"
Lunatics.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM EST • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
What I recall hearing when I asked, "Hey, do you think it makes sense to work on an alternative to Facebook/Twitter?"
2004: No!
2005: No!
2006: No!
2007: No!
2008: No!
2009: No!
2010: No!
2011: No.
2012: No.
2013: No.
2014: No.
2015: No.
2016: Eh.
2017: Eh.
2018: Hmm.
2019: Hmm.
2020: Maybe.
2021: That's a good idea. Good luck!
2022: Why isn't it done yet?!!??!?! |
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May 1, 2022 at 7:41 PM EDT • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Not posting on Twitter is really nice. You should all try it sometime!
I've been making progress on building this very basic replacement, and I'm hoping to have something that people can sign up for, for real, within about a week or two. There will be a lot of differences between PlainSite Chat and the kinds of attention-based networks we're all used to, some major, some subtle.
My impression of Twitter has always been that it's a massive circus tent with thousands of conversations going on at the same time, and while it can be fascinating to learn all kinds of new things, it's also completely overwhelming and often hard to hear (let alone focus) over the din. I personally prefer a product that facilitates the learning without leaving you deaf and exhausted each day. So that's the direction I'll be headed. If no one agrees or signs up, that's fine. I'm just building what I've wanted for a long time, as the beneficiary of almost two decades of observation of what works with social networking and what doesn't.
As I build the product I'm quite conscious of the fact that tiny design decisions can have a disproportionate impact on the type and tone of discussion on the platform. It's glaringly obvious as you think through how everything should work, which leaves me wondering how design meetings at Facebook and Twitter have been going for the past decade. I think the press has really only scratched the surface of the scandal.
I'll be the first to admit that whatever I come up with here won't be anywhere close to perfect, but at least it will be an alternative, and one that will hopefully get considerably better with time.
Onward... |
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May 1, 2022 at 3:46 AM EDT • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Omar Qazi is now threatening the entire Democratic Party on Elon Musk's behalf. And I thought I'd seen it all.
Still no one in the media has done a comprehensive profile of him informing the public of what is really going on. I guess Elon will have to unilaterally dismantle what's left of democracy before anyone stops to think about why it might have mattered. |
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April 29, 2022 at 4:54 PM EDT • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Snopes: still lying, not very good at their jobs, don't really know what the point of the site is, owes me $99.00.
Response To Apology From Snopes Reporter Jordan Liles Regarding False Article On Elon Musk |
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April 29, 2022 at 4:52 PM EDT • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Where are the articles about *why* Elon Musk has so many followers on Twitter, e.g. his friendship with Jack Dorsey and the default suggestion that new Twitter users follow him? I'd like to know more details about how Twitter chose its default suggestions, who put them there, how many choices there are, etc. |
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April 29, 2022 at 12:20 AM EDT • Reply • ▲0▼ |
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Aaron Greenspan
Allow myself to introduce...myself. I'm @aaron. |
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