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  • CopperC Copper

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    Does anybody here think that there’s maybe more to this than him being a knight in shining armor regarding the sanctity of free speech?

    His goal was to make who rule the twitter world and those who use the twitter world to all agree that free speech is bad.

    Why would he do that?

    We can only hope that none of the talent on our news outlets give in to the temptation to speculate.

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    Doctor Phibes
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    #187

    @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    We can only hope that none of the talent on our news outlets give in to the temptation to speculate.

    Maybe the great armchair philosopher Tucker Carlson has an opinion. He seems to have one on pretty much everything else.

    I was only joking

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      Link to video

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        George K
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        #189

        What's the best thing for Twitter's shareholders?

        Ron DeSantis wants to know.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          George K
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          #190

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
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            #191

            Go get 'em, tiger.

            Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              Go get 'em, tiger.

              Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

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              Aqua Letifer
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              #192

              @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              Go get 'em, tiger.

              Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

              That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

              And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

              Please love yourself.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                Go get 'em, tiger.

                Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by
                #193

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                Go get 'em, tiger.

                Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Copper
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                  #194

                  July 15 2019

                  About one-in-five adult Twitter users in the U.S. follow Trump

                  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/15/about-one-in-five-adult-twitter-users-in-the-u-s-follow-trump/

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    Go get 'em, tiger.

                    Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                    That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                    And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                    Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                    In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

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                    Aqua Letifer
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                    #195

                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    Go get 'em, tiger.

                    Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                    That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                    And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                    Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                    In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

                    It's a common fallacy among people who don't use Twitter to believe the platform is exactly like it's portrayed in outrage porn articles. The vast majority of Twitter doesn't care about any of that. Individuals, influencers, small companies, non-profits, corporations... they use the platform and couldn't care less that Donald Drumpf was banned.

                    Please love yourself.

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                      Copper
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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        Go get 'em, tiger.

                        Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                        That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                        And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                        Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                        In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

                        It's a common fallacy among people who don't use Twitter to believe the platform is exactly like it's portrayed in outrage porn articles. The vast majority of Twitter doesn't care about any of that. Individuals, influencers, small companies, non-profits, corporations... they use the platform and couldn't care less that Donald Drumpf was banned.

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #197

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        Go get 'em, tiger.

                        Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                        That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                        And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                        Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                        In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

                        It's a common fallacy among people who don't use Twitter to believe the platform is exactly like it's portrayed in outrage porn articles. The vast majority of Twitter doesn't care about any of that. Individuals, influencers, small companies, non-profits, corporations... they use the platform and couldn't care less that Donald Drumpf was banned.

                        That's all well and good.

                        Now add in all the activity from reading and responding to Trump and those other people. For example, look at CNN's ratings after Trump left office. Twitter is leaving meat on the bone.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          Go get 'em, tiger.

                          Twitter has seriously underperformed, in part due to it banning or seriously curtailing some people who had millions of followers... Trump, Tucker, Bongino, etc.

                          That's like saying a backup quarterback sucks ass. Compared to the most popular social media platforms on the planet, Twitter's still in the top 10, and 1 in 7 Americans use it regularly. That ain't nothin'.

                          And banning Trump has nothing to do with its not being #1. Nothing at all. Scads of conservatives are on there and have no problem with the platform. It's simply not as entertaining to use as YouTube, not as personal as Facebook, and not as addictive as TikTok.

                          Put your head in a bucket of water and take a deep breath. 😛

                          In just the three names I mentioned, you have millions of followers with tens of millions of hits on their tweets or the tweet thread...That ain't chicken feed.

                          It's a common fallacy among people who don't use Twitter to believe the platform is exactly like it's portrayed in outrage porn articles. The vast majority of Twitter doesn't care about any of that. Individuals, influencers, small companies, non-profits, corporations... they use the platform and couldn't care less that Donald Drumpf was banned.

                          That's all well and good.

                          Now add in all the activity from reading and responding to Trump and those other people. For example, look at CNN's ratings after Trump left office. Twitter is leaving meat on the bone.

                          AxtremusA Away
                          AxtremusA Away
                          Axtremus
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                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          Twitter is leaving meat on the bone.

                          Amazing how no other competitors have stepped up to pick off those meat Twitter left on the bone, eh?

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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Twitter is leaving meat on the bone.

                            Amazing how no other competitors have stepped up to pick off those meat Twitter left on the bone, eh?

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                            Aqua Letifer
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                            @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Twitter is leaving meat on the bone.

                            Amazing how no other competitors have stepped up to pick off those meat Twitter left on the bone, eh?

                            To Jolly's point, they literally have. Instagram, YouTube and Facebook have four to ten times the user base that Twitter has. But for example, Twitter has about 100 million more users than America has citizens, so the Donald Trump thing is just a drop in the bucket. It really doesn't matter in the big scheme of things.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              George K
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                              Elon goes Conan?

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                Elon goes Conan?

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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • George KG George K

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                                    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    Apart from pure schadenfreude, it doesn't matter to me.

                                    But I'm enjoying the schadenfreude.

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                                      $64 question: In 12 months, how much effect will Musk have on the Twitter profit/loss line?

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        So the deal is closed? Not so clear. Stocks are still trading below $54.20, so I guess there's still risk.

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                                        • KlausK Klaus

                                          So the deal is closed? Not so clear. Stocks are still trading below $54.20, so I guess there's still risk.

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                                          @Klaus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          So the deal is closed? Not so clear. Stocks are still trading below $54.20, so I guess there's still risk.

                                          The news is reporting that it’s a done deal. Get your popcorn…

                                          The Brad

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