[jstx1]

To what extent is he eroding the trust in his other projects with everything he's done at Twitter so far? If this is how he runs things, I really don't want to be in/near a car built by a company run by Elon.

[karmakaze]

Perhaps in perception, but the more time he spends fiddling with X, the less meddling there is on other ventures.

I never wanted a car that was grown in the ethos of commercial computers and software in the first place.

[reportgunner]

What he's doing at X seems to be in line with his other projects. (I don't mean to say that what he's doing at X or his other projects is great, visionary and flawless)

[brucethemoose2]

Devil's advocate: Elon may still be great for drawing hype to good ideas, but not necessarily for micromanaging them.

He should talk big and wave his hands, and then have an employee pull him away before he says too much, and before technical decisions can be made.

Maybe he's a laughing stock on HN, but I think he still has good name recognition outside of very technical circles or really partisan bubbles.

[smoldesu]

Starlink has still been pretty great in my experience, but I don't know how much he meddles with that.