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This is where a software solution might actually help. As an example, I've added some keywords to a script in my IRC client that if they exist the message is stopped by my client.

In Elon Musks' case this should be Tesla (and probably some other court mandated muzzles) and should be on their Twitter clients, and other "designated publication channels" that the ruling covers.

Why? Because remembering to not do things is a restraint that is extremely mentally burdensome and thus difficult to get correct 100% of the time.

Also, this should probably apply to CEOs and other "public figures" as a general practice they work with through their PR and marketing firms.

The fact that twitter and other platforms are closed only makes this innovation more difficult to add to end user clients.

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Why? Because remembering to not do things is a restraint that is extremely mentally burdensome and thus difficult to get correct 100% of the time.

When you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, getting paid millions in stock comp to run that company, you don't get to use the excuse "it's mentally burdensome". The whole reason they're in that position, getting paid those obscene amounts, is that they're supposed to be able to handle the burden. If they're not able to handle it, they should step aside for someone who can.

It has been demonstrated countless times that "just don't make mistakes" does not work, has never worked, and will never work. The whole reason bureaucracy exists is because people can't even be expected to consistently follow their own rules, let alone rules that are imposed on them. Every publicly-traded company has a process for shareholder communication but Elon Musk is just out there tweeting whatever comes to his mind.

This isn't a mistake. Musk is on record saying he doesn't respect the SEC, suggesting he doesn't feel bound by his legal agreement with them. He does this on purpose.

Why are you bawking at OP's software solution, in favor of a much more complicated software solution?

The solution I favor is the one that Musk agreed to in his legal settlement with the SEC: have a human review his tweets before he hits the post button. No additional software required. If Tesla wants, they can overengineer a solution like they did with the Alien Dreadnought, but there's a zero-cost solution already available to them.

My point is only a robot could adjust their behavior that fast to 100% comply with the SEC agreement.

Are you serious? Literally no other major CEO has ever needed something like this because they can exercise the barest minimum of self-discipline. Most actually have a built in "STFU button" when it comes to making financial projections on Twitter.

I thought Musk spent 120 hrs/wk working and sleeping in the factory, why would he need to be tweeting about production numbers that have yet to be hit?

Excitement?

Drug abuse.

> Because remembering to not do things is a restraint that is extremely mentally burdensome and thus difficult to get correct 100% of the time.

I have ADHD. I legitimately struggle with impulses.

Here's why I am not on Twitter: I have ADHD. I legitimately struggle with impulses.

you mean like the dozens of tools out there used by corporation's to approve and manage tweets that their social media teams send out.

Like Gmail's "undo send" feature? All it does is wait tens seconds to send your message but many people find this to be just enough to back out of dumb statements from time to time.

I'm wondering if an AI could be trained to recognize the good/mhea/bad tweets from Elon Musk (by looking at the time of tweets, reactions in the press, and Tesla stock price). A "Should Musk have tweeted that" app or something like that, giving a score for his latest tweet.

Musk would start getting creative with a thesaurus.

1. Judges at this level are pretty smart.

2. They tend to take contempt seriously.

3. Especially if you double down on it.

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