cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14173417

Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire. He said that he used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account when he was asked to clarify if he used an account on X that had been linked to him by several users on social media. Some users posted a screenshot of his X interface last year in which the additional account appeared to be visible.

  • @[email protected]
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    2138 months ago

    So this guy is the CEO of like 5 companies and he still has time to pretend to be a kid on Twitter? Is he really working that hard? Is he working so much harder that he’s worth 20,000x the average worker?

    • Blackout
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      1138 months ago

      CEOs don’t work hard. They delegate the hard work and they have fun, go to lunch with other assholes, etc.

    • @foggy
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      378 months ago

      I’d like to live in a world with a 1000x pay scale.

      Whatever the richest person makes, the poirers must make at least 1/1000th of that amount.

      • @Mango
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        48 months ago

        I’m ok with this.

    • blargerer
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      148 months ago

      Spewing bullshit as consistently as he does while still being believed by your core base is a rare skill set.

    • @unreasonabro
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      48 months ago

      he’s worth 20,000 of your children

      yours personally

      just for asking that question

      • @[email protected]
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        48 months ago

        No that would still make my kid worth $9.8 million. My kid will be lucky if he’s worth 1/200,000th of that asshole (not accounting for inflation).

    • @ripcord
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      18 months ago

      deleted by creator

    • Neuromancer
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      8 months ago

      He’s worth the money because he owns the stock.

      He isn’t as much of a worker as he is someone who owns a lot of the company.

      Personally I think he’s outlived his usefulness at Tesla. X has become his passion project.

      I’d like to see a new ceo at Tesla. Great cars. He hyped them well then lost interest.

  • @unreasonabro
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    668 months ago

    you know what they say about rich people using their time more efficiently and effectively? this is what that means

  • BarqsHasBite
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    588 months ago

    What is the account in question?

    The account @ermnmusk, under the name “Elon Test” appeared to show Elon Musk role-playing as a child much like his three-year-old son. Last year the account posted, “I will finally turn 3 on May 4th!”, in a

    This is just weird.

  • @[email protected]
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    518 months ago

    I would be much more impressed if he an account where he pretended to NOT be a child…

  • Margot Robbie
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    358 months ago

    Instead of pretending to be his own infant son (which is really, really weird) , it would be much funnier if he made an alt account pretending to be a bad impersonation of himself, if he has a sense of humour, that is.

    That way, he can say things without having it link back to him and stay under the radar, after all, who in the right mind would ever expect an unverified “Elon Musk” Twitter account to be ran by the actual Elon Musk?

    • @[email protected]
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      178 months ago

      That is essentially the Adrian Deitman account. He is pretending to be a loser who is obsessed is pretending to be Elon.

      It is really quite pathetic.

      • Margot Robbie
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        168 months ago

        I don’t understand how he even have time to be so terminally online when he’s running like 5 different companies.

        • @unreasonabro
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          yeah its almost like CEOs don’t deserve the pay they get for the “work” they do and everything is a lie

        • @niemcycle
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          68 months ago

          Given what I’ve read about his management style, the more time he spends on Twitter, the better it is for his employees.

  • @HighElfMage
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    338 months ago

    If Elon Musk had had the misfortune to be poor, he would have been institutionalized by now. But since he’s rich, the media just fawns over all his whacko bullshit.

    • @RagingRobot
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      178 months ago

      Idk I think he would be just a normal guy. Maybe he would work retail or something and be miserable. I still think that would be better haha.

      • @captainlezbian
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        58 months ago

        He’d be a retail manager who meets up for abdl role play. Which honestly idgaf if everyone is a consenting adult, my issue would be the retail manager part and possibly him still being a raging bigot

  • Carighan Maconar
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    318 months ago

    But his official account isn’t secret, is it? 🤷

  • LiveLM
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    268 months ago

    Oh yeah I forgot about the whole “baby account” thing. Man why are rich people so weird?

    • @[email protected]
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      88 months ago

      Because they are psychopaths who really only triumph because their mental illness allows them to bypass social norms and expectations.

    • @Harbinger01173430
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      18 months ago

      Because they know they can get away with being their true selves?

  • @GardenVarietyAnxiety
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    218 months ago

    This is a deeply wounded and developmentally stunted man, and the power he holds is terrifying because of it.

      • Rozaŭtuno
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        188 months ago

        Autism doesn’t turn you into an unempathetic megalomaniac.

        Being a billionaire does.

      • RiverGhost
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        118 months ago

        So do I. This has more to do with being an terrifying entitled, out of touch billionaire. Who also happens to be autistic.

  • @ParabolicMotion
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    218 months ago

    Has he considered an account where he talks to his therapist?