Block the elements with an ad blocker if it’s a site you frequent often .

The only manual I need is the one that tells me how to shut his pompous ass up.

No dispute on my end but the fact remains he’s a unfitting example for the meme as he was the fourth CEO in the company’s history and wasn’t in the picture when it was founded.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/06/tesla-founders-martin-eberhard-marc-tarpenning-on-elon-musk.html

Elon is not the founder of Tesla. He sued the actual founders to bury that fact.

I don’t think it’s an uptick, it’s been around for as long as I’ve used the Fediverse.

I’ve never understood the mindset that this social site is made up of a different mix of personalities than any other. It’s not. There’s very nice people here and there’s very mean people here. Often, the very nice are quiet so you won’t always notice them but the meanest are usually very outspoken and everyone comes across something left by them. Hatred, ignorance and toxicity is not something that’s left at the door of the fediverse.