Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter

[George K]

[Axtremus]

Not sure if the $8/month fee for "verified accounts" is an official policy yet. For those who don't like it, they can go build their own platform, go use something else, or go without that "verified" checkmark.

[George K]

[Horace]

There is a lawsuit being filed by twitter employees, alleging that Musk was legally obligated to provide 60 days notice and retraining opportunities before a large layoff, by CA law.

[Horace]

With my familiarity with what actual workers actually do in actually big companies with actually thousands of employees, my guess is that a reduction in Twitter's work force by 75% will result in zero impact to the Twitter website.

[George K]

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

There is a lawsuit being filed by twitter employees, alleging that Musk was legally obligated to provide 60 days notice and retraining opportunities before a large layoff, by CA law.

I saw that as well. I'll bet that his attorneys have already considered that.

"You're fired as of 60 days from now. Here's a list of places you can find training."

When we dismissed one of our partners, we did it without cause, and we gave 90 days.

[jon-nyc]

Zooming out a bit, I’ve been thinking about how a Musk owned Twitter will net out. I don’t have any major conclusions but a few observations at this point.

1. I think he’s going to be constrained by his advertisers to a much greater extent than his newest fans believe.

2. At some point he’ll likely realize that his own trollishness is not good for the brand.

3. He might even see some backlash extend to Tesla.

4. That doesn’t mean he’ll be able to control himself though. He seems to be pretty impulse driven.

5. I think he’ll end up taking it public again at some point, perhaps retaining controlling interest through dual share classes. My over/under for such a move is 3 years.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

That’s a little funny.

[jon-nyc]

As if on cue….

Funny he blames activists rather than his own past statements and current trollishness.

[89th]

His profile location says "Hell" and his job is "Twitter Complaint Hotline Director" or something lol

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

Zooming out a bit, I’ve been thinking about how a Musk owned Twitter will net out. I don’t have any major conclusions but a few observations at this point.

1. I think he’s going to be constrained by his advertisers to a much greater extent than his newest fans believe.

2. At some point he’ll likely realize that his own trollishness is not good for the brand.

3. He might even see some backlash extend to Tesla.

4. That doesn’t mean he’ll be able to control himself though. He seems to be pretty impulse driven.

5. I think he’ll end up taking it public again at some point, perhaps retaining controlling interest through dual share classes. My over/under for such a move is 3 years.

You are in a long line of people who don’t particularly like him and predict his characteristics will be his downfall. Most of those in front of you in line have long since been proven right about his personality and wrong about his success. We will see about this time.

[jon-nyc]

Maybe you’re projecting from your “Tesla’s on its death rattle” days?

I’ve always been a fan of Elon I don’t predict his downfall. I even find his trolling to be funny, which is why I repost some of it here. He’s just going to be constrained is all, and I don’t know if he has the temperament to deal with it.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

Maybe you’re projecting from your “Tesla’s on its death rattle” days?

I’ve always been a fan of Elon I don’t predict his downfall.

At one time I was reporting here some discussion I was following about predictions of Tesla’s downfall. In fact the only money I ever put on Tesla was on the long side, which I exited at a small profit.

My guess is that you will be increasingly careful about admitting to being a fan of Elon, and that for all appearances, you will be agreeing with those who consider him a threat.

[jon-nyc]

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1467233#p1467233

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1467233#p1467233

Yes the FSD thing has always been one of Musk's more impossible claims. I'm happy for you that you remember my wording specifically about a "death rattle", but "we may be listening to a death rattle" differs from "we are listening to a death rattle".

Maybe when Bolsonaro doesn't invoke a military coup and the Republicans don't produce a coup by legal technicality, I will prance around about how wrong your predictions are. Nah, I won't do that. I recognize how carefully you couch your fears in unquantified chance. Would that you give others the same courtesy.

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

I’ve always been a fan of Elon I don’t predict his downfall. I even find his trolling to be funny, which is why I repost some of it here. He’s just going to be constrained is all, and I don’t know if he has the temperament to deal with it.

Same here. I'm definitely in camp Elon.

[George K]

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

[George K]

I wonder what the cost in lost advertising is vs the cost of paying off these employees vs the daily losses he states.

[George K]

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

Turns out it's fake news.

On Twitter? C'mon man!

Seems that the "account" that was suspended was not that of Elon Musk @elonmusk, but that of @eIonmusk.

The letter after the "e" is an uppercase "i" in the "suspended" account.

Well played, though.