Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter

[George K]

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

Or is he just a guy expressing his opinion?

This.

He's a "senior" reporter for NBC News.

[Jolly]

Social media influences elections. That seems like a no-brainer.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc

[jon-nyc]

I agree, Jolly, but I don’t know how much effect an ownership change of Twitter 1-2 weeks before an election will have on the outcome.

But really I was questioning George about this guy’s ability to dispositively affirm such a statement.

[Doctor Phibes]

Opinions are like assholes. There’s a lot of them on Twitter.

[George K]

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

Opinions are like assholes. There’s a lot of them on Twitter.

I've been assured that "blue-check" Twitterati have a higher status than the rest of us plebs.

[Jolly]

If the Hunter Biden story had been allowed free discussion on social media a few weeks before the 2020 election, would Biden be President today?

[Axtremus]

Will be, won’t he?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/23/elon-musk-twitter-saga-could-draw-to-end-as-deadline-looms

Musk has until Oct.28 to actually buy Twitter or face a Delaware court case.

[George K]

"We demand...."

Or what? You'll quit?

[Horace]

Leftist imbeciles, meet reality. I don't suspect you've met before. Enjoy.

[Copper]

I don't like that signature.

Use your name, or at least identify the group.

Does this note represent all twitter works, or just 3 or 4?

[George K]

From the RWEC:

First, that “the public conversation is in jeopardy.” Why, yes, I do believe that’s why many have objected to the heavy-handed censorship that’s been notable on the platform in recent years — something in which many of those worker bees seemingly have played an eager role.

Second, characterizing Musk’s rumored intentions as “worker intimidation.” So…the prospect of losing one’s job is intimidating, eh? Friends, may I introduce you to “cancel culture,” and the progressive Twitter mob?

Third, all the demanding. I don’t know how to break it to these 21st Century Norma Rae wannabes but while I don’t begrudge them petitioning their would-be employer for redress, the haughty, entitled tone is precious. Let’s examine the dynamic: The employees work for the company (voluntarily), so its boss is, in fact, the boss of them.

Conversely, the Government works for We the People — and, in fact, our right to petition the Government for redress is enshrined in the First Amendment — so we are, in fact, “the boss” in that dynamic. Yet, when conservatives protest government overreach, they’re a “threat to democracy,” and calls for Twitter to be treated as a true public square, where speech remains free, have been dismissed as whackadoo, fringey, rightwingery.

Anyhoo, I don’t know about you, but I’m getting the popcorn ready to watch how this all plays out.

[Jolly]

Rumor that the Biden Whitehouse might step in...

[Horace]

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

Rumor that the Biden Whitehouse might step in...

On what grounds? Not that virtue needs legal grounds. But hopefully there will be a pretense of legality, for old time’s sake.

[Jolly]

Whitehouse sez not true...

https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-elon-musk-national-security-review-twitter-not-true-2022-10

[George K]

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

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

Let that sink in?

God, that guy is so far up his own arse I bet he thinks the world smells just great.

My guess is that he'll make Twitter even worse than it is already.

[George K]

[George K]

Hey guys, "You're fired."

Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.66%increase; green up pointing triangle Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, capping an unusual corporate takeover battle and setting up one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms for potentially sweeping change.

Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Spokespeople for Twitter didn’t comment.

It wasn’t immediately clear who would step into those top positions. CNBC previously reported the firings.

Mr. Musk completed the deal a day before a court-imposed deadline to complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face the prospect of a Delaware trial over the deal’s future.

There were signs this week indicating that Mr. Musk was moving closer to acquiring the social-media platform by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Banks started sending money backing the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Mr. Musk also has changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit,” showed himself walking into the San Francisco headquarters of the social-media platform, and issued a statement on Twitter explaining his vision for the site to advertisers.

Closing the deal ends a monthslong saga of whether Mr. Musk would or wouldn’t purchase the company. The deal also would put one of the world’s most prominent social-media platforms under the control of the world’s richest person, with implications for the future of online discourse.