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Clarifying "Named After" which didn't make sense. The name of the group is "Tesla" + "Q". The "Q" is the part of NASDAQ connotation for "Bankruptcy."
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'''TSLAQ''' is a loosely-collected group of individuals critical of [[Elon Musk]] and aspects of [[Tesla, Inc.]] who primarily organize on [[Twitter]] <ref name="mitchell">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-tesla-short-sellers-musk-20190408-story.html|title=Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn|last=Mitchell|first=Russ|date=2019-04-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> in order to share news, openly discuss matters concerning the company and its stock, and coordinate efforts. The group is largely anonymous <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/tesla-shorts-who-take-aerial-pictures-of-parking-lots-launch-web-site.html|title=Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|date=2019-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> and individuals cite a variety of backgrounds <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BloodsportCap/status/1129949252162150400|title=In light of this exquisite piece from @cleantechnica, I believe it's high time for $tslaQ to show a few cards.|last=You are next!|first=Bloodsport Capital:|date=2019-05-18|website=@BloodsportCap|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>. Some members, including prominent member TeslaCharts, openly admit to [[Short (finance)|shorting]] the Tesla stock. <ref name="musk">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1008404147584921600|title=How big is your short position? Just curious.|last=Musk|first=Elon|date=2018-06-17|website=twitter.com/elonmusk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/tesla-shorts-who-take-aerial-pictures-of-parking-lots-launch-web-site.html|title=Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|date=2019-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> <ref name="mitchell" /> However, there are members that claim to not have any financial stake in the value of the company's stock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/SamAntar/status/1134299800780836864|title=Sam E. Antar on Twitter says "Hey Elon ..."|last=Antar|first=Sam|date=2019-05-30|website=Twitter|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> Some members of the group also use a shared block list<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blocktogether.org/show-blocks/D646KsHnoc1bZ_j53sFkRsvLNfiYq8DL4bTkyV1h|title=Block Together Block List|last=|first=|date=December 6, 2019|website=Block Together|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, or a list of users which they block on Twitter. The list is maintained by an individual named "Machine Planet" on Twitter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Paul91701736/status/1200506901751926785|title=Tweet on Block List Update|last=|first=Paul|date=November 29, 2019|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129204317/https://twitter.com/Paul91701736/status/1200506901751926785|archive-date=November 29, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, and currently has over 6000 accounts on the block list. Prominent members of TSLAQ such as @TESLAcharts, @ElonBachman, @Paul91701736, and @RealDrCassowary are known to use the block list<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2019/11/15/how-tslaq-got-played-in-china/|title=How TSLAQ Got Played in China|last=Crider|first=Johnna|date=November 15, 2019|website=CleanTechnica|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ElonBachman/status/1161662660406104064|title=@ElonBachman Using Block List|last=|first=@ElonBachman|date=August 14, 2019|website=Twitter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208000728/https:/twitter.com/ElonBachman/status/1161662660406104064|archive-date=December 7, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RealDrCassowary/status/1138475029367312384|title=@RealDrCassowary Block List Use|last=|first=@RealDrCassowary|date=June 11, 2019|website=Twitter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208001112/https://twitter.com/RealDrCassowary/status/1138475029367312384|archive-date=December 7, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, while other members have not adopted it.
'''TSLAQ''' is a loosely-collected group of individuals critical of [[Elon Musk]] and aspects of [[Tesla, Inc.]] who primarily organize on [[Twitter]] <ref name="mitchell">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-tesla-short-sellers-musk-20190408-story.html|title=Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn|last=Mitchell|first=Russ|date=2019-04-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> in order to share news, openly discuss matters concerning the company and its stock, and coordinate efforts. The group is largely anonymous <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/tesla-shorts-who-take-aerial-pictures-of-parking-lots-launch-web-site.html|title=Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|date=2019-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> and individuals cite a variety of backgrounds <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BloodsportCap/status/1129949252162150400|title=In light of this exquisite piece from @cleantechnica, I believe it's high time for $tslaQ to show a few cards.|last=You are next!|first=Bloodsport Capital:|date=2019-05-18|website=@BloodsportCap|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>. Some members, including prominent member TeslaCharts, openly admit to [[Short (finance)|shorting]] the Tesla stock. <ref name="musk">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1008404147584921600|title=How big is your short position? Just curious.|last=Musk|first=Elon|date=2018-06-17|website=twitter.com/elonmusk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/tesla-shorts-who-take-aerial-pictures-of-parking-lots-launch-web-site.html|title=Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|date=2019-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> <ref name="mitchell" /> However, there are members that claim to not have any financial stake in the value of the company's stock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/SamAntar/status/1134299800780836864|title=Sam E. Antar on Twitter says "Hey Elon ..."|last=Antar|first=Sam|date=2019-05-30|website=Twitter|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> Some members of the group also use a shared block list<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blocktogether.org/show-blocks/D646KsHnoc1bZ_j53sFkRsvLNfiYq8DL4bTkyV1h|title=Block Together Block List|last=|first=|date=December 6, 2019|website=Block Together|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, or a list of users which they block on Twitter. The list is maintained by an individual named "Machine Planet" on Twitter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Paul91701736/status/1200506901751926785|title=Tweet on Block List Update|last=D|first=Paul|date=November 29, 2019|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129204317/https://twitter.com/Paul91701736/status/1200506901751926785|archive-date=November 29, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, and currently has over 6000 accounts on the block list. Prominent members of TSLAQ such as @TESLAcharts, @ElonBachman, @Paul91701736, and @RealDrCassowary are known to use the block list<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2019/11/15/how-tslaq-got-played-in-china/|title=How TSLAQ Got Played in China|last=Crider|first=Johnna|date=November 15, 2019|website=CleanTechnica|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ElonBachman/status/1161662660406104064|title=@ElonBachman Using Block List|last=|first=|date=August 14, 2019|website=Twitter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208000728/https:/twitter.com/ElonBachman/status/1161662660406104064|archive-date=December 7, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RealDrCassowary/status/1138475029367312384|title=@RealDrCassowary Block List Use|last=|first=|date=June 11, 2019|website=Twitter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208001112/https://twitter.com/RealDrCassowary/status/1138475029367312384|archive-date=December 7, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>, while other members have not adopted it.


The group has been the subject of ridicule by clean energy information websites <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/31/confessions-of-a-twitter-tslaq-troll/|title=Confessions of a Twitter TSLAQ Troll|last=|first=|date=|website=CleanTechnica|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>, and Tesla officials such as CEO Elon Musk have actively engaged prominent members. <ref name="musk" /> In the latest in a series of communications between the two, sarcastic open-letters were exchanged between Musk and CEO of [[Greenlight Capital]] David Einhorn (a noted Tesla bull whose company shorts $TSLA) in early November 2019, with Einhorn directly referencing a website from the TSLAQ community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/musk-burns-short-seller-einhorn-on-twitter-after-tesla-50-gain|title=Short seller Einhorn accept's Musk's offer to tour Tesla facilities|last=Palazzo, Anthony|first=Hull, Dana|date=2019-11-11|website=Bloomberg|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
The group has been the subject of ridicule by clean energy information websites <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/31/confessions-of-a-twitter-tslaq-troll/|title=Confessions of a Twitter TSLAQ Troll|last=|first=|date=|website=CleanTechnica|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>, and Tesla officials such as CEO Elon Musk have actively engaged prominent members. <ref name="musk" /> In the latest in a series of communications between the two, sarcastic open-letters were exchanged between Musk and CEO of [[Greenlight Capital]] David Einhorn (a noted Tesla bull whose company shorts $TSLA) in early November 2019, with Einhorn directly referencing a website from the TSLAQ community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/musk-burns-short-seller-einhorn-on-twitter-after-tesla-50-gain|title=Short seller Einhorn accept's Musk's offer to tour Tesla facilities|last=Palazzo, Anthony|first=Hull, Dana|date=2019-11-11|website=Bloomberg|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>

Revision as of 00:21, 8 December 2019

TSLAQ
$TSLAQ
NicknameTESLAQ
Named after"Tesla" + "Q" which is the NASDAQ notation for bankruptcy
FormationOct. 7, 2015; 8 years ago (Oct. 7, 2015)
TypeAnti-Tesla, Networked_advocacy, fraud_deterrence, Pro-Shorting
OriginsTwitter
Region
International
Key people
David Einhorn, Lawrence Fossi, Jim Chanos, Chris Irons of "Quoth the Raven", @TESLAcharts, @ElonBachman, @RealDrCassowary, @Paul91701736
Remarks"3 months maybe, 6 months definitely" (repurposed from Elon Musk)

TSLAQ is a loosely-collected group of individuals critical of Elon Musk and aspects of Tesla, Inc. who primarily organize on Twitter [1] in order to share news, openly discuss matters concerning the company and its stock, and coordinate efforts. The group is largely anonymous [2] and individuals cite a variety of backgrounds [3]. Some members, including prominent member TeslaCharts, openly admit to shorting the Tesla stock. [4] [5] [1] However, there are members that claim to not have any financial stake in the value of the company's stock.[6] Some members of the group also use a shared block list[7], or a list of users which they block on Twitter. The list is maintained by an individual named "Machine Planet" on Twitter[8], and currently has over 6000 accounts on the block list. Prominent members of TSLAQ such as @TESLAcharts, @ElonBachman, @Paul91701736, and @RealDrCassowary are known to use the block list[9][10][11], while other members have not adopted it.

The group has been the subject of ridicule by clean energy information websites [12], and Tesla officials such as CEO Elon Musk have actively engaged prominent members. [4] In the latest in a series of communications between the two, sarcastic open-letters were exchanged between Musk and CEO of Greenlight Capital David Einhorn (a noted Tesla bull whose company shorts $TSLA) in early November 2019, with Einhorn directly referencing a website from the TSLAQ community.[13]

Crowdfunding

Using GoFundMe, TSLAQ members led by former Seeking Alpha writer and Tesla short seller Lawrence Fossi ran a campaign for and contributed to the defense fund of fellow member, Randeep Hothi, who was initially sued by Tesla, accruing in excess of one-hundred thousand USD. Mr. Hothi allegedly chased a car full of Tesla employees and attempted to cause an accident by driving erratically to confuse the car's Autopilot system, among other things. The request for a temporary restraining order against Hothi was eventually dropped by Tesla.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Mitchell, Russ (April 8, 2019). "Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Kolodny, Lora (February 1, 2019). "Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site". CNBC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  3. ^ You are next!, Bloodsport Capital: (May 18, 2019). "In light of this exquisite piece from @cleantechnica, I believe it's high time for $tslaQ to show a few cards". @BloodsportCap. Retrieved November 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Musk, Elon (June 17, 2018). "How big is your short position? Just curious". twitter.com/elonmusk. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Kolodny, Lora (February 1, 2019). "Anonymous Tesla short sellers who fly over its parking lots taking pictures of cars have a new web site". CNBC. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Antar, Sam (May 30, 2019). "Sam E. Antar on Twitter says "Hey Elon ..."". Twitter. Retrieved December 6, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Block Together Block List". Block Together. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ D, Paul (November 29, 2019). "Tweet on Block List Update". Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Crider, Johnna (November 15, 2019). "How TSLAQ Got Played in China". CleanTechnica. Retrieved December 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "@ElonBachman Using Block List". Twitter. August 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 8, 2019 suggested (help)
  11. ^ "@RealDrCassowary Block List Use". Twitter. June 11, 2019. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 8, 2019 suggested (help)
  12. ^ "Confessions of a Twitter TSLAQ Troll". CleanTechnica. Retrieved November 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Palazzo, Anthony, Hull, Dana (November 11, 2019). "Short seller Einhorn accept's Musk's offer to tour Tesla facilities". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ O'Kane, Sean. "Tesla drops lawsuit against critic after judge asks for evidence". The Verge. Retrieved November 29, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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