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October 8, 2026

Engineer escalates email question into two identical links

Poteto asks a bot for a bot email, Tibo answers with a model-quality jab, and Poteto responds by posting support instructions and then the same 'very soon' link twice.

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The receipts

In order. With context.
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llauren
lauren@poteto
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hey @bot can I get tibo@mail.grokbot.com for my bot?

Oct 8 · 05:44 UTC3,361
02
llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

@jacobgold @bot

Oct 8 · 05:55 UTC255
03
TTibo
Tibo@thsottiaux
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A reply enters the chat

lmao 💀 get it to work on your models

Oct 8 · 06:20 UTC1,748
04
llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

Okay fine I’ll give dot.com a try

Oct 8 · 06:38 UTC1,396
05
llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

sign into grok.com with your X account and you can use your bots there, but note the email has to match your grok bot email for now. this will be better later when we streamline the plans if they're different emails then i would wait a bit

Oct 8 · 06:54 UTC20
06
llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

just having fun

Oct 8 · 07:10 UTC127
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llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

will be rolling out very soon! https://xitter.cf/elonmusk/status/2108072310922264825

Oct 8 · 07:54 UTC120
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llauren
lauren@poteto
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A reply enters the chat

very soon! https://xitter.cf/elonmusk/status/2108072310922264825

Oct 8 · 07:56 UTC19
THE PLAY-BY-PLAY · EDITORIAL

Poteto opens by asking a bot for a bot email address, then tags a colleague and the bot for backup. Tibo declines with a laugh and a model-quality jab. Poteto concedes to dot.com, then immediately posts actual onboarding instructions about matching emails and waiting if they differ — a support ticket wearing a rivalry costume. A casual 'just having fun' lands, followed by two identical 'very soon!' posts with the same link, the anticlimax arriving on schedule. The crowd yells flirting and coffee; the thread itself is mostly a man escalating against his own documentation.

The crowd has notes.

The replies that understood the assignment.

K
Kiera@kieradev
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i mean it would be shit with openai models too 😭

Oct 8 · 06:30 UTC4
c
cradrrat@cradrrat
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Just go have a coffee you two. sheez

Oct 8 · 06:56 UTC8
k
kenrin@kenrin_0
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why r u guys flirting publicly

Oct 8 · 12:59 UTC4
J
Jsk@j34nsh33
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yeah. it doesnt work. potato

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Oct 8 · 07:59 UTC1
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Milind S@milindlabs
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Never let them know your next move

Oct 8 · 06:59 UTC2