Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter
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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?
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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.
It was in free fall before he bought…
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@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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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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Bwhahahahahahaha!!!!
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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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@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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First rat jumps ship:
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@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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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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@Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
- 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.
OK, Jeff. Now do Disney, NBO, Apple, and China.
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@Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
- 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.
That’s a very legitimate concern.