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> "As I write this, the world’s wealthiest and noisiest man has made a characteristically loud public offer to buy the internet’s most memetic social media plat
by woah 5y ago
> "As I write this, the world’s wealthiest and noisiest man has made a characteristically loud public offer to buy the internet’s most memetic social media platform."
There seems to be the idea in some lefty-er online circles that Elon Musk made a "loud offer" to "cause a media circus", "manipulate the market", or even "snub the SEC". They seem totally ignorant of the fact that this offer was made on the SEC's website to comply with their reporting requirements: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465922045641/tm2212748d1_sc13da.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465...
- SantalBlush 5y agoHis past behavior gives strong evidence of these things. If one looks at this offer without any broader context, then sure, it looks like people are making a big deal out of nothing. But that's disingenuous.
- willnonya 5y agoYou mean the public characterizations of his past behavior, don't you? I'm not an EM fan but that doesn't mean he always gets a fair shake from the media.
- jayd16 5y agoWhat about announcing it on Twitter along with the trolly memes Elon is also posting about it? If it's not the threshold of "loud" its at least certainly not quiet. By comparison, how many memes did the president of nVidia tweet about hot boxing ARM's board? Not to say being loud is bad but c'mon. Its only not loud _for Elon_. This is a pretty loud as far as SEC filings go.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoAmazing how quickly Musk replaced Trump as the world's noisiest man in their minds.