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Castle in the Sky - After the Fall (Fanfiction, with references to Elon Musk's Twitter Reign and dezentralized solution) (fungiverse.wordpress.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

That movie came out in 1986. How could he possibly have known about Elon Muska and Twitter, and the violent takeover and ensuing disintegration of the platform?

It's quite the relevation. It's all right there.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah its kind of amazing :) (Although I think the story also is kind of universal)

    PS: The similarity was noted before, check this out: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/this-crazy-japanese-film-just-blew-away-twitters-tweet-record/

    "Twitter revealed a new tweet-per-second record on Friday and it seems the 143,199 tweets-per-second milestone was triggered by the airing of a Japanese animated film. [...] In the film, the protagonists send the city's airborne fortress tumbling out of the sky with the magic word, "balus" which roughly translates to "destruction." [...] So strong is the pull of "Laputa" -- even apart from the Ghibli Rule--that during the last airing on Dec. 9, 2011, Twitter logged a then-record-breaking 25,088 tweets per second of fans posting "balus'' at the same time it was spoken during the movie--despite a public plea from the social-networking site to hold off."

    • Donna Tam, CNET 16/08/2013

    I think Twitter always in a way tried to be the castle in the sky. Also, I think people just found it fun to mess with it.

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