Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 13:56 last edited by
Musk's BBC interview.
Elon Musk tells BBC that owning Twitter has been quite painful
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 16:33 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:22 last edited by
Isn't it interesting that in their story, the Beeb choses not to quote Musk when he says the
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:26 last edited by Doctor Phibes 4 Dec 2023, 17:28
That was pretty embarrassing. Looking at Debra Faushay's Twitter, she actually wasn't being sarcastic
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wrote on 13 Apr 2023, 13:03 last edited by
If Musk can make Twitter profitable (he said when took over, they were about 90 days from going bust) what does that say about his business skills? Secondly, if he can show a good set of books, does he sell Twitter?
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wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 16:36 last edited by
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7beya/elon-musk-twitter-blue-verification
… Rather than being a much sought-after status symbol and revenue driver, the new blue check is being seen more like a scarlet letter, and Musk spent the weekend personally giving them to famous people who were forced to loudly clarify that they don’t want them. …
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If Musk can make Twitter profitable (he said when took over, they were about 90 days from going bust) what does that say about his business skills? Secondly, if he can show a good set of books, does he sell Twitter?
wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 16:45 last edited by@Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
If Musk can make Twitter profitable (he said when took over, they were about 90 days from going bust) what does that say about his business skills?
Being profitable is usually better than otherwise, just not always. An enterprise going from $1 Billion revenue with $10 Million loss to $10 revenue with 10¢ profit has also turned profitable, though some people may not be all that impressed by the CEO who transformed the enterprise with that trajectory.
That said, if I were a Twitter stockholder not long before Musk announced his takeover bid, I would likely be very happy because it might take a very long time (if ever) for Twitter’s valuation as a public company to rise to Musk’s offer.
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wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 00:14 last edited by
Fox News: Liberal celebs, journalists furious that Musk gave them their blue check back: 'Without my consent'
The Twitter Blue Check as a status symbol, now the status of a pariah.
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wrote on 5 May 2023, 09:59 last edited by
Twitter changes description on Blue Check Mark
https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-changes-twitter-blue-143900665.html
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wrote on 31 May 2023, 01:08 last edited by
Twitter Is Now Worth Just 33% of Elon Musk’s Purchase Price
Twitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity, which recently marked down the value of its equity stake in the company.
Musk has acknowledged he overpaid for Twitter, which he bought for $44 billion, including $33.5 billion in equity. More recently, he said Twitter is worth less than half what he paid for it. It’s unclear how Fidelity arrived at its new, lower valuation or whether it receives any non-public information from the company.
Fidelity first reduced the value of its Twitter stake in November, to 44% of the purchase price. That was followed by further markdowns in December and February.
Twitter has struggled financially since Musk took over. After saddling the company with $13 billion of debt, Musk’s erratic decision making and challenges with content moderation led advertising revenue to decline by 50%, Musk said in March. An attempt to recoup that revenue by selling Twitter Blue subscriptions has so far failed to take off. At the end of March, less than 1% of Twitter’s monthly users had signed up.
Twitter didn’t specifically respond to a request for comment.
Musk’s investment in Twitter is now worth $8.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which uses Fidelity’s valuation to calculate the value of his holding. Musk spent more than $25 billion to acquire an estimated 79% stake in the company last year.
The latest markdown erases about $850 million from Musk’s $187 billion fortune, according to the index. Despite Twitter’s issues, Musk’s wealth is up more than $48 billion this year, largely due to a 63% surge in Tesla Inc.’s share price.
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wrote on 2 Jun 2023, 01:36 last edited by
https://reuters.com/technology/twitters-head-trust-safety-says-she-has-resigned-2023-06-02/
June 1 (Reuters) - Twitter's head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company.
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wrote on 11 Jun 2023, 13:31 last edited by Axtremus 6 Nov 2023, 13:31
Deadbeat Twitter?
Report: Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills.
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wrote on 11 Jun 2023, 17:41 last edited by
Musk asks banned youtubers to upload their videos to Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
It requires no hard decisions or business sacrifices, to be more free-speech than the authoritarian, progressive-controlled moderation practices of Youtube. This is low hanging fruit, and I hope it takes a bite out of youtube. They have some pruning to do among their employees responsible for moderation practices.
Education is extremely important.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2023, 23:33 last edited by
Deadbeat Twitter?
Twitter refuses to pay for arbitration it forced on 891 ex-employees, suit says
Twitter forced its ex-employees into arbitration, yet itself refused to pay the fees for arbitration.
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Musk asks banned youtubers to upload their videos to Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
It requires no hard decisions or business sacrifices, to be more free-speech than the authoritarian, progressive-controlled moderation practices of Youtube. This is low hanging fruit, and I hope it takes a bite out of youtube. They have some pruning to do among their employees responsible for moderation practices.
wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 00:03 last edited by@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
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@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 00:54 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 01:45 last edited by@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
He's totally allowed to do that. And Tweet "Zuck is a cuck" to his heart's content. But neither of them give a damn about free speech. They're not in the free speech business.
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@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
He's totally allowed to do that. And Tweet "Zuck is a cuck" to his heart's content. But neither of them give a damn about free speech. They're not in the free speech business.
wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 02:08 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
He's totally allowed to do that. And Tweet "Zuck is a cuck" to his heart's content. But neither of them give a damn about free speech. They're not in the free speech business.
You can be completely cynical about it if you want. Business will be prioritized over principle time and again I'm sure, but humans are allowed some principle to color their actions, even in business. I suspect Musk saw a business opportunity in allowing more free speech on Twitter, and I suspect he considered that a win/win, rather than a win/doesn't matter.
Education is extremely important.
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wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 02:23 last edited by
Yeah, once you have enough money or ability to make a difference in something that matters to you it becomes much more important.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
He's totally allowed to do that. And Tweet "Zuck is a cuck" to his heart's content. But neither of them give a damn about free speech. They're not in the free speech business.
You can be completely cynical about it if you want. Business will be prioritized over principle time and again I'm sure, but humans are allowed some principle to color their actions, even in business. I suspect Musk saw a business opportunity in allowing more free speech on Twitter, and I suspect he considered that a win/win, rather than a win/doesn't matter.
wrote on 10 Jul 2023, 03:00 last edited by@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
@Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:
I guess he's not actually all talk when it comes to free speech.
He's suppressing conversations on Twitter about Threads if those conversations portray the new platform in a positive light. Wasn't showing up on trending topics, either, when it's the fastest growing platform basically ever.
He's allowed to protect his business interests. Zuckerberg thinks his more policed version of Twitter is in his best business interest. We'll see which one wins. But Musk isn't obligated to platform advertisements or word of mouth for the competition.
He's totally allowed to do that. And Tweet "Zuck is a cuck" to his heart's content. But neither of them give a damn about free speech. They're not in the free speech business.
You can be completely cynical about it if you want. Business will be prioritized over principle time and again I'm sure, but humans are allowed some principle to color their actions, even in business. I suspect Musk saw a business opportunity in allowing more free speech on Twitter, and I suspect he considered that a win/win, rather than a win/doesn't matter.
If you're placing your business interests above free speech, then you aren't for free speech, you're for your business interests, which may include selling the idea of free speech to the public.
