Elon Musk $41B offer for Twitter

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Byker28i said:

I'm guessing they don't have a job now

I would imagine that anyone posting that publicly about their CEO - in any company - would not have a job for long. Try it. Report back.

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https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/159367178...

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From the horse's mouth megaphone -

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Hub said:

Twitter is really weird now, everyone seems to be saying their goodbyes in case it gets switched off, and it's all anyone is talking about. It is unsettling I suppose for all those communities of people with common interests that have been built up over the years.

What I don't understand is how Musk has the time to single handedly run several massive companies seemingly as a dictator, and in a way that feels like he has no business experience. It's a right car crash.

And yet Telsa are still making cars, SpaceX still launching satellites, and Starlink is still available. Go figure.

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tumble dryer said:

For us oldies that don't speak the language, what does that mean? TIA

It means that if you hit F12 in your browser you'll see a lot of things you don't understand. Like the guy in the Tiktok video above.

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Trump is, seemingly, back on but has not posted

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OzzyR1 said:

0a said:

Seems a rather unstable way to run a company you have paid $41bn for!

Assume you know and are joking, but just in case that is a spoof account.

Oh, you are a wag.

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saaby93 said:

Is there some irony in some of these posts

None. But there are some very, very stupid people.

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So, Trump is on and the kiddie porn is off? I wonder what the advertisers will make of that?


https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1594137408186...

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Well, public opinion seems to be against Twitter's prior suspension process -


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15954738758479...

I wonder how quickly that will be enacted.

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Move fast, and break things


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15958695264695...

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ChocolateFrog said:

Do you think Elon hates himself?

I just get that vibe from him, now more than ever.

Yeah, that's it. He hates himself. We shall add that to list, with "stupid" and "unsuccessful".

Massive cope.

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Byker28i said:

Well written and points out the issue with a thin skinned childish person playing with his whims

"instatiable need for attention and validation" from someone who once played an annoying kid on Star Trek?

So, an actor and a singer don't like this? Fine. The whole point is that we all have an opinion, and everyone - within the law - should be allowed to state it. Maybe we'll find some truth or common ground. Maybe we'll agree to disagree. Maybe some will be listened to and then "filed". But they should not be silenced.

Will and Trent can think what they like. And say it. Do you believe that I should simply adopt their views because they were once a little famous?

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SteveStrange said:

The absolute state of this thread.

I almost abandoned it myself.

"There are those who do not want us to speak"

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Ooh, the suspense -


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15973368127325...

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Byker28i said:

Washington post have an analysis showing several high-profile Republican representatives gained tens of thousands of new followers, whilst Democratic members of Congress have suffered a decline since Musk took over

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What would we expect to see if Twitter had just stopped manipulating follower counts in it’s favourite political party’s favour?

Hardly impossible. Conservative content creators have long claimed they were being throttled. The Trending list is openly curated.

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dukeboy749r said:

Alternative views are healthy. and you know what? You may even benefit.

And you might even find some on Twitter now!

Maybe not on an iPhone though.

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Byker28i said:

And then...

I've no idea who that is, why you follow him, or what he has to do with my comment. But you do you.

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gregs656 said:

This isn’t the first time he’s dabbled in all this though, and his and others responses seem to be getting bolder.

Yes, I sure the truth about where Hitler has been hiding these last seventy years is about to be revealed.

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An interesting - grown up - opinion on tech titans at war, and what may happen if Apple does remove Twitter from it's store -
https://www.piratewires.com/p/tech-civil-war