British cave diver sues Elon Musk for defamation over “pedo guy” tweets

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"Vernon Unsworth, the British cave diver who played a key role in rescuing a dozen teenagers and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand."

I've got the same reaction when I criticized the design of a coleague. Devs are just big childs.

Why Elon Musk even bothers with a twitter is a complete mystery. And fucking up like this is baffling.

Social media is a toxic cesspool and if I was famous and rich enough to require a social media presence, I would pay someone else to do it for me.

I understand why he does it, but the guy needs to relinquish direct control of his Twitter account to some trusted lieutenant who can serve as a sanity check before tweets go out.

In fact this might be a good idea for any people on Twitter with large numbers of followers, especially those with significant responsibilities.

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