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Well I'd like to see examples of the dishonest tweets you're talking about... But that leads into a more important issue: These employees insisted that Musk's personal Twitter account is his de facto business Twitter account. Confusing this business/personal boundary is part of the problem. I don't think it's fair for them to say, "You're a public figure, so you're not allowed to have a personal life," but perhaps Mr Musk does need to clarify his boundaries.


My comment is a response to this quote:

> Define and uniformly respond to all forms of unacceptable behavior. Clearly define what exactly is intended by SpaceX’s “no-asshole” and “zero tolerance” policies and enforce them consistently.

I wasn't keying in on a word "dishonest" (though I believe he knows exactly what he's doing with his crypto/dogecoin musings). I was keying in on "no-asshole" which while subjective, started with tweets like his famous "pedo" comment surrounding the youth soccer team stuck in a cave during floodwater.

> Musk's personal Twitter account

If your tweets impact the market substantially and the majority of your wealth is tied to those stocks, it cannot be considered a personal account. At best a hybrid account of some kind.

Being a public figure is hard, and you lose privileges. Lets not act naive and pretend this is not a well understood phenomenon.




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