Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter
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wrote on 25 Apr 2022, 23:27 last edited by
The memes are amazing...
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 00:39 last edited by
“Donald Trump says he won’t return to Twitter if Elon Musk reverses ban”
Donald Trump told CNBC on Monday he wouldn’t return to Twitter even if Elon Musk, the company’s incoming owner, reversed the former president’s ban.
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“No, I won’t be going back on Twitter,” Trump told CNBC’s Joe Kernen.
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“I will be on Truth Social within the week. Its on schedule. We have a lot of people signed up. I like Elon Musk. I like him a lot. He’s an excellent individual. We did a lot for Twitter when I was in the White House. I was disappointed by the way I was treated by Twitter. I won’t be going back on Twitter,” he said. -
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 00:59 last edited by
I just saw that. They’re still pretending truth social hasn’t failed. He’ll renege once they’re beyond that phase.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 01:01 last edited by
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
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I just saw that. They’re still pretending truth social hasn’t failed. He’ll renege once they’re beyond that phase.
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 01:31 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
He’ll renege once they’re beyond that phase.
Assuming you're referring to Trump, he does have a rich history of reneging on various pronouncements.
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Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 01:52 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
Totally n00b question: If he owns the company and it’s now private, does that matter?
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Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 02:01 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
It was in free fall before he bought…
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@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
Totally n00b question: If he owns the company and it’s now private, does that matter?
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 10:14 last edited by@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
Totally n00b question: If he owns the company and it’s now private, does that matter?
Talking about truth social.
Twitter will trade just below musk’s offer price until it closes unless people start thinking it will fall through.
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Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 10:44 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
Their stock has been hammered by Musk. It lost another 40% since he first announced his Twitter stake.
Is Truth Social even publicly traded? I for one can't find a ticker symbol.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 10:52 last edited by
It merged with a spac and did a back door ipo. It trades under the spac symbol DWAC
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 11:50 last edited by
Trump will be back. Twitter will provide the largest audience. Truth Social ain't gonna make it. Parler may not make it, if Musk succeeds in revamping and implementing decent rules.
Musk has a big job. First, he has to change the corporate culture...That may take some firings and some "Come to Jesus" moments with senior management, along with buy-in from the employees.
The rules will be interesting. You can't let people threaten physical violence. That's the first one. Wonder what else he will add to the list?
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 11:58 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 12:20 last edited by
Bwhahahahahahaha!!!!
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 12:24 last edited by
It's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. I'm thinking that, despite his protestations, some form of moderation, censorship, whatever, will still exist on Twitter. The question is how much.
Also, it's just delicious to see the talking heads melting down with zero self-awareness (clip above).
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 12:31 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 12:41 last edited by
@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
"tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms they cause."
The platforms will be held accountable
This sounds like the anti-gun mantra.
How about holding some people accountable?
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 12:42 last edited by
First rat jumps ship:
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First rat jumps ship:
wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 13:12 last edited by@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
First rat jumps ship:
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
The beauty of the public square, is trying to convince people who might not agree with you.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 13:35 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Apr 2022, 14:44 last edited by
Read a couple of interesting reactions:
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Jack Dorsey, former CEO and founder of Twitter, now openly says he thinks Musk buying Twitter is a very good thing. (Dorsey stands to cash close to $1 Billion from this buyout, but no, I don’t think Dorsey says this because of the money; the guy is rich enough that he doesn’t need to lie for cash.)
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Jeff Bezos brought up the possibility of the CCP leveraging Tesla to influence Musk on Twitter’s policies regarding China — the theory being that because Tesla relies on much of its production in China, the CCP can hold Tesla hostage to force Musk to make Twitter give China-related content special treatments.
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