Flying Squid to Enough Musk [email protected] • 8 months agoElon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’www.theverge.comFlying Squid to Enough Musk [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•8 months agoHe wants to basically make WeChat for the West. So this is nothing new. Not a fan of this idea myself.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•8 months agoThe problem is that WeChat took a looooooooooooooooooooong time to become what it is now. Musk wants to do this in a bit over a year. AFTER spending a year ensuring nobody with brains wants to work for him.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoAnd making WeChat requires a very specific political environment which isn’t happening (yet) in western countries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoWhat “political environment” enables WeChat in your eyes?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoWants X to be WeChat in a year or needs X to become WeChat in a year? I don’t think the site formerly known as Twitter has long for the this world.
He wants to basically make WeChat for the West. So this is nothing new. Not a fan of this idea myself.
The problem is that WeChat took a looooooooooooooooooooong time to become what it is now.
Musk wants to do this in a bit over a year. AFTER spending a year ensuring nobody with brains wants to work for him.
And making WeChat requires a very specific political environment which isn’t happening (yet) in western countries.
What “political environment” enables WeChat in your eyes?
Wants X to be WeChat in a year or needs X to become WeChat in a year? I don’t think the site formerly known as Twitter has long for the this world.