Granted, this was back when Musk's public perception was at its most positive - it would take until the Thai cave diver incident in July 2018 before we saw the first hole being blown in Musk's "IRL Tony Stark" image.

Somewhat fittingly, that incident played out on Twitter, whose acquisition by Musk has done plenty to showcase his true colours.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

oh, certainly (re public perception), but that’s what’s even more damning for me about this decision: it was so extremely en vogue, dealing only with “the issue of the day”. it’s so incredibly short-sighted and I still can’t quite believe the writing crew went for it

have oft wondered whether it’s worth tracking them down to hear what they were thinking at the time, as well how they think it is right now (as well as how it’ll age)