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by alsodumb 1289 days ago
Why does Verge try so hard to show that Elon did something bad? A congressman has to change his email address? Seriously?

And these are journalists making these titles? A quick Google search reveals that his Gmail address is everywhere. In fact, he tweeted his personal Gmail address a while ago: https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/802758241570541568?s=20&...
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erlich 1288 days ago
The obvious answer is revenue. Most of tech is left. The more outrage the more clicks.

I don't think people realize how desperate these news orgs are.

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rvz 1288 days ago
There you go, they are unable to stop because that is where their readers and audience is. Still on Twitter.

> I don't think people realize how desperate these news orgs are.

This is why the Verge hasn't moved off of Twitter and had to grift their readers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday affiliate links littered everywhere on the homepage and advertised on Twitter.

The desperation is there, and they are very good at hiding it.

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