Elon Musk buys Twitter

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Looking forward to any response.
 
The same crowd that laughed in "Twitter is a private company and can do whatever it wants" are now deeply concern that it might change of owner and does whatever it wants.
 
While he certainly won't complain if he makes money from this, I doubt Musk is doing this strictly for profit at this point. He's the richest man in the world; whatever money he could make from Twitter wouldn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Just like when Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, this isn't about money, but influence and power. If you're rich enough to own anything you want, buying your way into power is more alluring than buying yet another yacht or mansion.
 
TED Interview about all this.



A sensible take.
Nobody is really against any of what he describes besides those who want to punish wrong-thinking and actively perpetuate censorship while hiding themselves under this bizarre umbrella of "twitter can do whatever it wants" as longs as its what they want.
 
It's far, far more profitable for Elon to focus on Tesla and SpaceX than some hypothetical pump and dump scheme. His current Twitter holdings are trivial.
I'm pretty sure Musk would do it for the luls. Making an extra billion bucks along the way in this pump and dump would be gravy.
 
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Yes, all while saying they are "fighting the systemic tide."

Tribalism mired in cognitive dissonance decline sure is a fascinating phenomenon.

Like I say about all their hollow virtue, don't step out of the cult's narrative, or they will vilify you in a heartbeat. History is repeating itself seemingly at the moment.
 
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Lay off the personal attacks. Keep it civil.
Yes I am a part of reality.
You're only part of narcissists who think they're the moral compass, the "allies", the good ones of the movie so that justifies you to control what other people can or not say, and what other people can or not listen to, it's nuts.
 
Does anyone actually care if Elon comes in and fucks Twitter into the ground?

Because at this point, I'd actively encourage him to do it. Destroy it.

The howls of rage, pain and suffering from across the Twitter sphere would frankly be glorious. They'd all have to... gasp… do something else.

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Does anyone actually care if Elon comes in and fucks Twitter into the ground?

Because at this point, I'd actively encourage him to do it. Destroy it.

The howls of rage, pain and suffering from across the Twitter sphere would frankly be glorious. They'd all have to... gasp… do something else.

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He's not gonna burn it to the ground tho
 
He's not gonna burn it to the ground tho

Probably not deliberately, no. But both left wingers and right wingers are going to be fucking furious if he's in charge, because neither will get what they want. That might prove fatal to a platform that relies on propping up extremist cunts on both directions.
 
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Notably, Twitter was actually ok with me posting the image lol. Zuck is just a cuck.

He comes off as perpetually fake. I assume that is why he has an adhesive meme; that he's a fucking robot or of an advanced reptilian race that have no emotion.
His eyes are that of a soulless, heartless log, nay, scratch that, a fucking tree log has more character, personality than he does.
He also is balls deep into Xi's spy regime and adores the way he runs the Country.
Does anyone actually care if Elon comes in and fucks Twitter into the ground?

Because at this point, I'd actively encourage him to do it. Destroy it.

The howls of rage, pain and suffering from across the Twitter sphere would frankly be glorious. They'd all have to... gasp… do something else.

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I would like nothing more than for him to turn the ship around and Twitter punish those who truly deserve it and actually follow through with their guidelines instead of sidestepping shit because of bias. Or? obliterate it. Remove it from existence and buy a ad slot for 30 seconds or a minute and show Live, Musk deleting all of Twitter.
 
I would like nothing more than for him to turn the ship around and Twitter punish those who truly deserve it and actually follow through with their guidelines instead of sidestepping shit because of bias. Or? obliterate it. Remove it from existence and buy a ad slot for 30 seconds or a minute and show Live, Musk deleting all of Twitter.

Elon is historically a centrist… and I believe that if he were to own Twitter (big if) that its rules and guidelines would properly reflect that position.

And therefore, it'd probably grenade itself.

Because Twitter is powered by those with politically and socially extreme views, and they are all going to hate it if Twitter does not 'back them up'.

Imagine the trans lobby or the religious right, if nothing is done to stop opinions that they don't agree with. They'll have nervous breakdowns… and then fuck off somewhere worse, cursing Elon's name.

Now, that might actually make Twitter a far better place, but it would also hurt its bottom line, no doubt. It relies on division and rage to succeed, because Jack is a cunt, and made it that way.
 
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His offer is pretty crazy.

Happy to be educated on fiduciary duties, but his bid is around 9 billion dollars over the share price. Twitter stock has been pretty ho hum for a decade. It's hardly a money spinner.

In short, I really can't see any reasonable financial argument for rejecting the offer. Again, happy to be educated, but a board's responsibility is solely financial.
 
Elon is historically a centrist… and I believe that if he were to own Twitter (big if) that its rules and guidelines would properly reflect that position.

And therefore, it'd probably grenade itself.

Because Twitter is powered by those with politically and socially extreme views, and they are all going to hate it if Twitter does not 'back them up'.

Imagine the trans lobby or the religious right, if nothing is done to stop opinions that they don't agree with. They'll have nervous breakdowns… and then fuck off somewhere worse, cursing Elon's name.

Now, that might actually make Twitter a far better place, but it would also hurt its bottom line, no doubt. It relies on division and rage to succeed, because Jack is a cunt, and made it that way.
It is very concerning that we agree on this, especially the bolded.
 
Say Musk buys Twitter with the intention of making a profit, and not losing billions out of his pocket for the lulz. How would he do it? How could he make Twitter profitable and keep it free and open? Would the edit button be hid behind a premium option? What would his plan be to replace those who left the platform because of Musk? How would he grow it?

Or, does he know that the whole Social Media and tech industry is built on a house of cards and he's about to turn on a jet engine?
 
That's exactly it. They have ZERO coherence. Let me repeat, ZERO.

Bingo. Discontinuity is one of the fruits of relativism.

"Relativism would indeed be devastating if it were true, but relativism is always inconsistent, and relativists always cheat at some point. They relativize the views of others, but not their own. ("Well, of course, you'd see it that way. You're a Westerner/middle class/older generation.") They relativize the past, but not the present. They relativize us, but not themselves. Their relativism is always an escape, but not a solid position that can be examined. ("I was born that way. We're wired differently. It's a generational thing. You wouldn't understand.")" (Scholar Os Guinness)
 
I wonder if they'll try to cancel and demonize Elon. I guess it would be hard without the mainstream media on their side.

Just by telling the behavior of majority of Twitter we can determine how that place became what it is.

Can't say about media taking sides (will vary, they're opportunists), but we can expect things like 'opinions' or 'Forbes contributor' articles.
 


So let me get this straight... twitter employees feel their culture of inclusivity threatened, yet they are the ones throwing an absolute temper tantrum for needing to accommodate a part Canadian part South-African U.S. billionaire visionary with Asperger's who made electric cars viable and single-handedly saved the American space program because he sometimes makes tweets they don't like?

The NYT trying to smear Tesla while propping up twitter shows how journalism's dependence on social media is resulting in some severely biased views. Yet again, we can see that their notion of inclusivity is nothing more than a lousy pretext to gatekeep and to bully certain demographics out of key positions.

Shady Arab oil tycoons with not a care in the world for basic human rights literally own large parts of twitter, yet NYT is quiet like a mouse about that. F*cking hypocrites.
 
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