Elon Musk now owns 9.2% of twitter...update.. will soon be the sole owner as Board of Directors accepts his purchase offer

[darkswordsman17]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember news prior to Musk's offer that twitter was failing, just that Musk overpayed and then damaged twitter's rep while trying to get out of the deal.

It seems he canned so many (vital!) people for the same reason he started reneging on rent and payouts . . . the cost of his purchase left him cash strapped, not that twitter itself was failing prior to his purchase.

Pretty much. Shareholders were desperate for Twitter to start raking in massive profits but that wasn't likely to happen soon. They were doing ok though and I think had finally started to actually make more money than it cost to run/develop as they had become kinda one of the de facto quick news/PR/etc platform, but were still having to pay off a bunch of debt. And then Musk with his Turmp level business acumen immediately fucked it up as much as possible.

Oh, just saw who you responded to. Are you surprised he doesn't know what he's talking about? He literally just makes shit up, often while admitting he has no clue what he's talking about (not sure if he still does that part, I think he thinks that's what peoples' issue with him is and not the first part, because again, he's not terribly understanding of, basically anything).

 

[Moonbeam]

I think him and Rogan genuinely believe that there's a silent majority that is right wing and being unfairly suppressed, because all the idiots in their spheres are that way. They're too insulated from reality such that they don't realize even with the far too many fanboys they have, that most of the world sees them and their ideology for the shit it is. Its like a collective group of people with brains that got stuck in the 1990s. That was the pinnacle of life to them, and they're desperate to force that shit back onto the rest of the world.

This is a rather more sophisticated view than that Musk is just evil, that there are actual real world reasons for how people like that come to be. I also like the fact that you didn't take the time to tell people who may disagree with your opinion that they are worthless and stupid.

I think if a person were to take the advise you present here as factual it would lead onto questions about how people come to imagine they are being repressed and why it is that birds of a feather flock together, what a pinnacle of life might mean at an emotional level and why they would want to perpetuate such a state. I think such an inquiry would quickly lead to the nature and origin of ego and ego identification and why even just asking such questions might suggest something too unpleasant at which to look.

 

[trenchfoot]

Odd how quiet the people on the right are. I thought they were just defenders of free speech and social media banning people was a violation of free speech?

As usual, their objection was to THEM being banned, not to bans generally.

They were and still are pissed off about their not being able to lie their asses off and get away with it. It's like they think the Constitution guarantees them the ability to make false accusations and fake conspiracies without being held to account.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

 

[Perknose]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

Your take on the dangers of actual, violent hate speech and how to square it with open dialogue seems more crotch-based than in any way reality based, not to mention coherent or useful.

 

[Captante]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

This kind of garbage-post only serves to make you sound like an ignorant, rude jerk ... it doesn't "shock" or "upset" anyone.

Not sure why I expected anything else though.

 

[MrSquished]

Musk and Taj are both piss babies. I think they should both go play in traffic. Safely of course.

 

[brycejones]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

This is such oddly specific projection. We really don't care about your kinks dude.

 

[pauldun170]

Twitter stiffs software vendor with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says

Lawsuit: Twitter has refused to make required payments since Musk took over.

arstechnica.com

Musk took notes from Trump?

 

[cytg111]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

Ok bud

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Your take on the dangers of actual, violent hate speech and how to square it with open dialogue seems more crotch-based than in any way reality based, not to mention coherent or useful.

No "violence" at all, but i'll moderate my language, if not my amusement.

 

[Perknose]

Twitter stiffs software vendor with $8 million left on contract, lawsuit says

Lawsuit: Twitter has refused to make required payments since Musk took over.

arstechnica.com

Musk took notes from Trump?

Lol, "We contacted Twitter about the lawsuit, but the company reportedly dismantled its public relations team after Musk took over."

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Thread by @mtaibbi on Thread Reader App

@mtaibbi: 1. THREAD: The Twitter Files, Part Six TWITTER, THE FBI SUBSIDIARY 2. The #TwitterFiles are revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content. 3. Twit...…

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Twitter Files #6 Matt Taibbi.

Just the facts.....err tweets about the collusion/instruction between the FBI and other government agencies and the then Twitter hierarchy.


"10. The #TwitterFiles show something new: agencies like the FBI and DHS regularly sending social media content to Twitter through multiple entry points, pre-flagged for moderation.

11. What stands out is the sheer quantity of reports from the government. Some are aggregated from public hotlines:...... "

 

[Moonbeam]

No "violence" at all, but i'll moderate my language, if not my amusement.

Many conservatives grew up with Christianity. If that was true of you I would suggest that instead of focusing on how vile a person you are or they say you are that you think about God loves each person infinitely and sent His son to die so you would believe it when He said you have been forgiven. People who get that deeply experience a transformation, I think. Are you a believer?

 

[fskimospy]

Thread by @mtaibbi on Thread Reader App

@mtaibbi: 1. THREAD: The Twitter Files, Part Six TWITTER, THE FBI SUBSIDIARY 2. The #TwitterFiles are revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content. 3. Twit...…

threadreaderapp.com

Twitter Files #6 Matt Taibbi.

Just the facts.....err tweets about the collusion/instruction between the FBI and other government agencies and the then Twitter hierarchy.


"10. The #TwitterFiles show something new: agencies like the FBI and DHS regularly sending social media content to Twitter through multiple entry points, pre-flagged for moderation.

11. What stands out is the sheer quantity of reports from the government. Some are aggregated from public hotlines:...... "

That’s not interesting or notable.

It is funny to watch Musk and conservatives desperately looking for some moderation scandal though. Again, Twitter could ban all conservatives and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s their platform and their right.

Conservative snowflakes like you just can’t handle private property rights if those people don’t coddle you. It’s time to grow up.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Nothing’s really going to be too good enough for him

He owns a social media company but doesn’t understand a basic tenet of modern life - it is difficult to craft your desired public social media presence without a lot of work, usually by a whole team of professionals. He wants to project a certain image (real life Tony Stark or whatever) but fucks that up by getting personally involved.

There’s a lot of ways wealthy people are shielded from the harsh light of reality, particularly by the gaggle of sycophants that surround them. But social media totally erases that shield if one engages directly. Sure, you can just say “bot, bot, bot” all day, but nobody but the devoted fanboys are fooled.

If he really wanted to make it harder to track his private jet, he should hire people to take care of that. But that would burst the bubble of personal hyper-competence he has built up for himself. It’s a choice he can’t handle - either admitting he needs more competent people to handle some things or accepting his public image will take a hit if he does things personally and shows he is not, in fact, all that personally intelligent or capable to handle the job.

 

[cytg111]

At this point we gonna have to assume that he has collected all of AOC’s DMs and gonna be handing them out on thumb drives like candy at the next rich-boy party.

Oh man they gonna tell him he is such a good boy. Maybe even pad him on the back.

 

[Greenman]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember news prior to Musk's offer that twitter was failing, just that Musk overpayed and then damaged twitter's rep while trying to get out of the deal.

It seems he canned so many (vital!) people for the same reason he started reneging on rent and payouts . . . the cost of his purchase left him cash strapped, not that twitter itself was failing prior to his purchase.

That could all be accurate. The only information I have came from this thread, I have no dog in this race and haven't paid much attention.
It's my opinion that social media is a cancer that's eating away at the fabric of society, so if twitter goes tits up I won't mind. If that costs Musk 44 billion, that's a tough break but he won't miss any meals because of it.

 

[Greenman]

My sense of this is that you can feel inwardly there is something wrong with liberal thinking, that their is something wrong about their morality, that they are harsh and judgmental and quick to condemn other people who fall outside of their herd generated and stereotypical thinking. If this sounds like something that might apply to you I would say you are right. But not even a liberal like myself, of a progressive and hopefully not so authoritarian demeanor, can offer them advice in this manor. They, like conservatives generally, are in love with their rage. The mistake that you make, therefore and also just my opinion, is that when you or anybody for that matter tries to argue them out of that rage by challenging the facts upon which that rage is based, you will fail miserably, because what is wrong with their thinking isn't the logic of it, it is the fact that it is based on undeveloped and blind emotion. You don't stand a chance arguing logic because that is where liberals outshine conservatives. They are better able to see facts, you are better at detecting underlying emotional irrationality that triggers their contempt. They will see you as logically inept but never their own lack of the moral character that that allows you to empathize with those they hatefully condemn.

I find this to be amazingly accurate and perceptive. I can't think of anything to add. Very well said my friend.

 

[dawheat]

Pretty much. Shareholders were desperate for Twitter to start raking in massive profits but that wasn't likely to happen soon. They were doing ok though and I think had finally started to actually make more money than it cost to run as they had become kinda one of the de facto quick news/PR/etc platform, but were still having to pay off a bunch of debt. And then Musk with his Turmp level business acumen immediately fucked it up as much as possible.

Oh, just saw who you responded to. Are you surprised he doesn't know what he's talking about? He literally just makes shit up, often while admitting he has no clue what he's talking about (not sure if he still does that part, I think he thinks that's what peoples' issue with him is and not the first part, because again, he's not terribly understanding of, basically anything).

On an annual basis they were profitable the last 4 years but it definitely was fits and starts and not a strong growth story like investors wanted. Twitter never seemed to know how to monetize their outsized traffic and mindshare.

There really was a great foundation that the right leader could have taken them in, even while streamlining costs. Instead their revenue is in the toilet while they have a huge amount of new debt. Sooner than later they'll be circling the drain for 'Trump card' and Pillow Guy advertisements.

 

[cytg111]

Musk has momentum and chosen to forego the opportunity to pump the breaks. Next stop Alex Jones Infowars territory.

“The media elite” - wonder if he thinks its run by jews?

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Surprise twist: Kanye has contagious brainworms and Musk have contracted.

 

[MrSquished]

Elon is looking for more investors to buy equity in Twitter. I bet he is looking for them to pay in at the same price he paid.

 

[Pens1566]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

^ Law of conservative projections

 

[Vic]

Nothing is as funny as seeing the old grey bearded anti Vietnam, other war protesters and free speech liberals down on their knees sucking the cocks of the FBI, CIA and DNI. I hope that after the faux "liberals" finish gargling they have a comfy spit sink.

Wait... so now being for free speech means you're sucking govt cock?

Wow bruh

 

[Vic]

Musk has momentum and chosen to forego the opportunity to pump the breaks. Next stop Alex Jones Infowars territory.

“The media elite” - wonder if he thinks its run by jews?

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Surprise twist: Kanye has contagious brainworms and Musk have contracted.

I joined Post and gotta say I'm impressed. It's like the place where the adults are talking. I hope it manages to stay that way as it grows without having to enforce too much moderation.