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> He is probably trying to take down the flight-tracking bot Anything is possible, but this doesn't make a whole lot of sense given that it would have cost him
by logicalmonster 5y ago
> He is probably trying to take down the flight-tracking bot
Anything is possible, but this doesn't make a whole lot of sense given that it would have cost him just $50K to do it rather than the price to purchase 9.2% of Twitter.
> Funny how he talks about Free speech on twitter while actively trying to take down a twitter account.
"Actively trying to take down a twitter account" is a hallucination at this time.
- badRNG 5y agoEither way he has consistently used heavy-handed tactics to silence the speech of those he disagrees with. From attempting to destroy the life of a whistle-blower [0] (seriously, take time to read this article) to cancelling the order of a blogger who made negative remarks about him [1] to firing anyone who disagrees with him [2], Musk is a man that repeatedly abuses his power to silence anyone's speech he dislikes. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/03/elon-musk-personally-cancels-rude-customers-tesla-order.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/03/elon-musk-personally-cancels... [2] https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/elon-musk-ruthlessly-cleaned-house-of-any-tesla-workers-who-disagreed-or-got-in-his-way-a-new-book-says/articleshow/85016138.cms https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/elon-musk-ruthle...
- nimbius 5y agobuying a seat at the court of public opinion would certainly allow one to press for rosier dispositions, albeit 9% is far from the standing of grand arbiter.
- badRNG 5y agoHe's Twitter's largest shareholder, holding 4x the number of shares held by Jack: https://www.ft.com/content/29b9c884-02d7-4d1c-a4ab-c862242fa76e https://www.ft.com/content/29b9c884-02d7-4d1c-a4ab-c862242fa...