I think you miss the point of putting something aside.
It doesn't mean you have to ignore it or say it doesn't exist.
You can ask what else can be said about X besides the given topic that you are putting aside.
It doesn't mean you have to ignore it or say it doesn't exist.
You can ask what else can be said about X besides the given topic that you are putting aside.
For example, I can ask and be interested in how the cost per click/sale on twitter compares to meta, without diving into they question of why.
That is certainly how I took the question at least.
My point was that lining it up by calling it “BS” invites counter arguments, which is what happened here. If you’re not happy to implicitly accept the “BS”, you’ll have to address it.
Dropping the “BS” label would have led to a more focused discussion. It matters _how_ you ask a question.
It also seems to be the case that some people didnt just disagree with the BS classification, but fundamentally disagree that anything besides Elon is a valid topic of conversation.
IT does matters how you ask a question, but some people will reject or change the topic no matter how you ask it.
The abrasiveness picks up in your replies. It comes off as if you went in looking for a fight. I don't know if you did or not, but the quality of the response reflects the attitude in which your question was posed. In my opinion.
It is simple to think of interesting questions and topics besides Musk.
It is fine if someone doesn't want to answer it, but a respondant doesn't get to call it pointless, because objective and goal lies with the asker.
Musk fired the majority of people working at Twitter, changed the brand, unbanned very controversial users, alienated most of the advertisers, etc etc etc. Talking about Twitter without talking about his leadership is to have a conversation without merit. What other topics are there? He owns the company. Every policy change over the past year has been his personal decision.
I don't care about corporate policy, history, personalities, or why things are the way they are.
It is like people that interject wokeism, Obama, or Trump into any conversation, even if you are talking about the weather. A conversation about the sunset is not "complete" or "meaningful" without ranting about what they want. They just cant comprehend someone having a different interest.
It seems almost obsessive compulsive. Someone asks what letter comes after X, and they cant talk about Y, because any discussion of the alphabet is "incomplete" or "meaningless" without starting at A, B, & C and discussing it at length. All letters come after A, so all conversations are about A.
IF you tried, can you even come up with 3 questions and answers about twitter without making it about Musk?