... After he quit school, his mother was so disappointed that she kicked him out of the house, he says.
But his decision paid off.
Seven years later, Donaldson, better known online as MrBeast, has 167 million YouTube subscribers – more than any other individual creator on the platform.
He has 85 million followers on TikTok and 39 million more on Instagram. And he just became the first person to reach 1 million followers on Meta’s new social app Threads, hitting the milestone before CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (He celebrated his achievement with a familiar gesture: by giving a Tesla to a random fan.)
At 25, he oversees a fast-growing empire that may be worth more than $1 billion....
Is the Tesla a dig at Elon, Zuck or both?
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
...Musk began his rebranding of the app on Monday when the platform’s iconic blue bird was replaced by a large “X” sign. He also said that tweets will now be referred to as “x’s.” ...
Virtual SpaceX?
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
Twitter, the text-based social media platform that played an outsized role on society by serving as a digital town square, was killed by its unhinged owner Elon Musk on Sunday. It was 17 years old.
A zombie Twitter, known only as X, reluctantly endures. A warped and disfigured platform, X marches on like a White Walker, an ugly shell of its former self under the command of a loathsome leader....
X is a platform where journalists are banned and smeared while the most repellant and dishonest voices are elevated....
So far, however, there is little hope Musk will be able to successfully steer the ship out of iceberg-ridden waters. He is, after all, the captain who led the ship into them — all while manically laughing alongside his inner circle while standing at the wheel.
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
Twitter, the text-based social media platform that played an outsized role on society by serving as a digital town square, was killed by its unhinged owner Elon Musk on Sunday. It was 17 years old.
A zombie Twitter, known only as X, reluctantly endures. A warped and disfigured platform, X marches on like a White Walker, an ugly shell of its former self under the command of a loathsome leader....
X is a platform where journalists are banned and smeared while the most repellant and dishonest voices are elevated....
So far, however, there is little hope Musk will be able to successfully steer the ship out of iceberg-ridden waters. He is, after all, the captain who led the ship into them — all while manically laughing alongside his inner circle while standing at the wheel.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.