In Spite Of You?

One week ago he tweeted a story to 110 million people that Paul Pelosi’s attacker might be his secret gay lover, but that was so October 2022. Time to move on. pic.twitter.com/pDt1pkJpm9

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) November 7, 2022

https://t.co/VY43r0MAgT pic.twitter.com/8kd4LREwbP

— Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas) November 7, 2022

Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2022

He means accounts using his name.

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër? https://t.co/AYfhxx9EOj

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) November 7, 2022

Or quoting Monty Python?

Celebrities such as comedian Kathy Griffin and “Mad Men” star Rich Sommer have already have their accounts removed for changing their usernames and photos to match Elon Musk’s. https://t.co/jVQv18cxPv

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 6, 2022

If you are threatening Valerie Bertinelli on a fine Sunday afternoon, time to examine your priorities.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 6, 2022

Apparently Elmo was triggered by Valerie Bertinelli changing her “title” to “elonmusk.” And just as apparently that tweet has disappeared. One wonders how long Popehat can use the handle “Not Elon Musk.”

So far, every Musk comment/policy has been directly related to his own personal experience on Twitter and little else.

— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) November 6, 2022

This, of course, is the most important issue before the new CEO/owner of this company, because nothing else is going on in the company.

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is running so smoothly. pic.twitter.com/cxm8MP64oy

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 6, 2022

Wait a minute; may need to hire back a few more employees.

So how, exactly, is Twitter going to police this?? Say tomorrow, I have no check mark. Someone impersonates me. I report them. We then each have to prove our identities to see who’s right?? Rinse, repeat. This is like 5x the work (and cost) of actual verification pic.twitter.com/b5xnRfWxMs

— @AshaRangappa@masthead.social (@AshaRangappa_) November 7, 2022

If you wrote this as a sitcom prooosal, nobody would accept the premise. It’s too divorced from reality to think the richest man in the world is also the biggest boob in the world.

The thing about going zero tolerance on people spoofing Musk’s screen name is did he really think million follower accounts would stick with the bit for more than a day or two? The actual funny response would have been for him to change his to Kathy Griffin.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 7, 2022

Elmo really is Trump's twin brother from a different mother. It’s almost like spoiled brat rich kids have something in common.

Mocking the richest man in the world is the natural order restored.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 6, 2022

As requested by the owner of this website, I have added ‘parody’ to my name so that no one ever gets confused and so he doesn’t cancel Me. It is so nice that comedy is legal again. I, for one, welcome our new insect overlord.

— God Parody Account ⚡️ (@thegoodgodabove) November 7, 2022