They're not the brightest of the bulbs when led by misguiding emotions all the time.I don't think progressives realize that wanting musk to lose/get fucked means he owns twitter
Hopefully twitter wins and forces him into buying it at the agreed price. If this destroys both him and twitter in the process it'll be a fantastic outcome.
Hopefully twitter wins and forces him into buying it at the agreed price. If this destroys both him and twitter in the process it'll be a fantastic outcome.
They are going still be crying when their stock is worth nothing.The downside of this deal falling through is the end of liberal tears that were flowing from Twitter employees who were upset that their safe spaces would be intruded upon and that they would have to leave their house and go to work again.
As opposed the cesspool it is now? Oh no, challenging opinions to the narratives, comrade... RUN!!!
All the dude says was that he wasn't going to ban "the other side" based on political opinions like it is now and allow it to be used as a tool to silence opposition around election time.The point is one’s not really caring about free speech if all one is going to do is create an alternative that’s aligned with their own agenda. It would be a principled stance to create an alternative platform that allows all points of view in the name of free speech, even if the creator disagreed with it. It’s not principled to create an alternative platform that’s just their flavor of echo chamber. The fact that the alternatives that have cropped up have just been banning people left and right for not falling in their ideological line shows it isn’t a principle of free speech at play, it’s just “their speech” they want to promote.
The fact of the matter is Twitter sucks and there’s no perfect solution to that. Anyone promising unfettered free speech online is going to crumble the moment someone starts posting a bunch of bullshit they can’t abide. That’s just the way it is
Also, ironic considering certain Constitutional court ruling meltdowns. *sips tea*Saw someone say elsewhere "so he DOES know how to pull out" and thats the best response I've seen this far
Those alternatives haven't gotten government blessing like the major silicon valley companies so they don't get as big for one.How have the Twitter alternatives promising free speech worked out…oh right, they’re just ideologically aligned with whomever started them too.
I’m not saying Elon would do this to Twitter if he owned it but the track record of the competition touting “free speech” hasn’t been too great.
Can't wait to see Twitter sue the shit out of him lol
Oh I know. It's going to be hilarious.Well they'll sue for him to pay the money they are owed, for the company he bought lol
Again I didn’t say Elon would be exactly like the alternatives once he took over, I’m just saying the track record of the alternatives hasn’t been very promising. It sounds all fine and good to get “the other side” until that other side is…you know…let’s say performing apologetics for the genocide in Ukraine? Those fucks are banned around here for good reason. If 4chan was the way to go, Twitter would’ve never taken offAll the dude says was that he wasn't going to ban "the other side" based on political opinions like it is now and allow it to be used as a tool to silence opposition around election time.
Complete bullshit. The second you post anything opposing their ideology they will ban you faster than Twitter would ever consider doing.Secondly none of them would be echo chambers if they were the number 1 platform because they don't ban people for "wrong think."
Twitter wasn't always this way. It would be returned to what it was prior to the polarizing ideologue lunacy, not "alternative."Again I didn’t say Elon would be exactly like the alternatives once he took over, I’m just saying the track record of the alternatives hasn’t been very promising. It sounds all fine and good to get “the other side” until that other side is…you know…let’s say performing apologetics for the genocide in Ukraine? Those fucks are banned around here for good reason. If 4chan was the way to go, Twitter would’ve never taken off
I have yet to see this. Provide some examples. I see Gab, etc, have both sides sharing their memes and lunacy with no bans. Heck, there is a very popular well know "other side troll" that has been active since day one, no bans, nothing.Complete bullshit. The second you post anything opposing their ideology they will ban you faster than Twitter would ever consider doing.
Nah I call bullshit on that. I've seen them on alternatives. You will get mobbed(like you will on Twitter) for going against the grain but won't be outright banned.Complete bullshit. The second you post anything opposing their ideology they will ban you faster than Twitter would ever consider doing.
But I’ll leave it at that because getting any more specific is the forbidden zone. And for good reason, it’s a lot better here when we don’t get into this nonsense
Then he’ll just bring his 100M followers to another platform.Watch him get banned on Twitter next. There goes Tesla's PR outlet.
Sure, believe that. The loud extreme groups on both sides are pathetic and he would totally turn it the other way into chud territory instead of woke.He never said he was going to do that. He was simply not going to ban people based on political beliefs or for grinding against social messaging that's backed by media. God forbid they may have to respond to opposing views instead of reporting them.
100 million people are not leaving Twitter just because Musk got banned.Then he’ll just bring his 100M followers to another platform.
What Twitter alternatives ban individuals that espouse progressive political opinions?Complete bullshit. The second you post anything opposing their ideology they will ban you faster than Twitter would ever consider doing.
But I’ll leave it at that because getting any more specific is the forbidden zone. And for good reason, it’s a lot better here when we don’t get into this nonsense
Oh come don't be so negative. It will still be entertaining.Well the main attraction comes to a close. Now will be years-long boring legal proceedings as Twitter and the SEC attempts to get him to pay up. Or maybe they'll just pursue the one billion dollar fee from him for breaking the deal and call it day.
I bet sooner rather than later Musk will slip up and tweet some political falsehoods and get suspended or banned.
Hopefully twitter wins and forces him into buying it at the agreed price. If this destroys both him and twitter in the process it'll be a fantastic outcome.
Dude need to quit doing that cause nobody will take any of his shit seriously anymore after thisI feel like he was just billionaire trolling.
He probably was at the start and then starting drinking his own Kool Aid. I'm sure his advisors finally got through to him just how fucking awful the decision is and here we are.I feel like he was just billionaire trolling.
I feel like he was just billionaire trolling.
Sure, believe that. The loud extreme groups on both sides are pathetic and he would totally turn it the other way into chud territory instead of woke.
Not sexy but got some juicy bits of pettiness:
In short, Twitter has not provided information that Mr. Musk has requested for nearly two months notwithstanding his repeated, detailed clarifications intended to simplify Twitter’s identification, collection, and disclosure of the most relevant information sought in Mr. Musk’s original requests.
While Twitter has provided some information, that information has come with strings attached, use limitations or other artificial formatting features, which has rendered some of the information minimally useful to Mr. Musk and his advisors. For example, when Twitter finally provided access to the eight developer “APIs” first explicitly requested by Mr. Musk in the May 25 Letter, those APIs contained a rate limit lower than what Twitter provides to its largest enterprise customers. Twitter only offered to provide Mr. Musk with the same level of access as some of its customers after we explained that throttling the rate limit prevented Mr. Musk and his advisors from performing the analysis that he wished to conduct in any reasonable period of time.
Additionally, those APIs contained an artificial “cap” on the number of queries that Mr. Musk and his team can run regardless of the rate limit—an issue that initially prevented Mr. Musk and his advisors from completing an analysis of the data in any reasonable period of time. Mr. Musk raised this issue as soon as he became aware of it, in the first paragraph of the June 29 Letter: “we have just been informed by our data experts that Twitter has placed an artificial cap on the number of searches our experts can perform with this data, which is now preventing Mr. Musk and his team from doing their analysis.” That cap was not removed until July 6, after Mr. Musk demanded its removal for a second time.
Based on the foregoing refusal to provide information that Mr. Musk has been requesting since May 9, 2022, Twitter is in breach of Sections 6.4 and 6.11 of the Merger Agreement.
Despite public speculation on this point, Mr. Musk did not waive his right to review Twitter’s data and information simply because he chose not to seek this data and information before entering into the Merger Agreement. In fact, he negotiated access and information rights within the Merger Agreement precisely so that he could review data and information that is important to Twitter’s business before financing and completing the transaction.
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As Twitter has been on notice of its breach since at least June 6, 2022, any cure period afforded to Twitter under the Merger Agreement has now lapsed. Accordingly, Mr. Musk hereby exercises X Holdings I, Inc.’s right to terminate the Merger Agreement and abandon the transaction contemplated thereby, and this letter constitutes formal notice of X Holding I, Inc.’s termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) thereof.
You took him seriously before? He made flamethrowers for a joke, is planning to make a truck that looks like it was made by a 6yr old with a ruler, made a company just so he could call it "The Boring Company", and has regularly memed on Twitter for years.Dude need to quit doing that cause nobody will take any of his shit seriously anymore after this
I really have no idea, I'm just a observer. This guy has so much money its hard to really fathom.I mean was him buying Twitter a sort of "trolling"?
Sure. Along with him seeking all the attention and fame for it from his fanboy club.
But he bought twitter. Him backing out isn't part of the troll...it's ludicrous to think so.
I Took him seriously with his science and technology stuff like Tesla & SpaceXYou took him seriously before? He made flamethrowers for a joke, is planning to make a truck that looks like it was made by a 6yr old with a ruler, made a company just so he could call it "The Boring Company", and has regularly memed on Twitter for years.
Nobody should ever take him seriously.
He took on massive loans to fund the twitter deal, made deals with large prominent shareholders to turn their shares private, and signed the dotted line to buy the company.I really have no idea, I'm just a observer. This guy has so much money its hard to really fathom.
I have tried to find an partisan take on the situation with musk and twitter but I have failed. I will more then happily read anything the explains the situation.
Dude looks like a rich troll to me.
Oh come don't be so negative. It will still be entertaining.
There is no way that Musk will be able to keep his mouth shut during the legal proceedings. So there will still be plenty of fun to be had I'm sure.
THEY did not fail to complete the sale. They unanimously approved it.twitter leadership has got to be hell right now. basically the deal was what let them coast.
now that its off they will likely have to explain why they failed to complete the sale, and now they'll have to be the ones to make the cuts and lay off employees themselves.
stock dropped 5% today, then in after hours another 5%.
You can easily Google the alternative sites plus bans and find coverage of it. I’m gonna refrain from posting it and getting too far into it because of the rules, but it’s kind of baffling to me that somehow people here haven’t heard of this when it’s been happening from day one. Gab in particular is some super hardcore Christian dude, you can guess how far free speech goes there. “Truth” social…well…hah…What Twitter alternatives ban individuals that espouse progressive political opinions?
I don't use any of these platforms, but this is the first time I've seen this asserted.
Sell now the whole thing about to implodeHow does this affect my dogecoin blockchain tho /s
Elon Musk wasn't happy with the way Twitter analyzed their own fake account numbers, probably a lot more bots on that website than we think, and Twitter was lying about it. Gonna be interesting to see.