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Musk for sure will hire a CEO, I can't imagine that he will spend more than a few hours a week a month on Twitter (once the deal has closed and he hired a new m

by shafyy 5y ago

Musk for sure will hire a CEO, I can't imagine that he will spend more than a few hours a week a month on Twitter (once the deal has closed and he hired a new management).

smt88 5y ago
He already spends hours a week just posting on Twitter (and reading it, liking posts, etc.) I think he's obsessed with his growing celebrity and Twitter is his megaphone.
- ben_w 5y ago
  Using it for hours a week sounds to me like he’s a fairly normal person, at least with regard to social media use. (20 years ago I’d have said the same about watching “hours” of TV each week).
  - smt88 5y ago
    > Using it for hours a week sounds to me like he’s a fairly normal person, at least with regard to social media use. What does that have to do with my comment? I was just saying that he won't be hands-off as CEO of Twitter because he isn't hands-off even as a user. Also, if using Twitter that much were "normal" then Twitter wouldn't be struggling as much as it is. Even if it were normal, Musk is not a "normal" user (he gets armies of worshippers responding to every tweet) and he is the CEO of at least two other large companies, in addition to being a father of 7 children. He shouldn't even have time to eat or sleep, let alone troll people on Twitter on a regular basis.
    - ben_w 5y ago
      Oh ok — I thought you were saying his pattern of usage of the platform indicated narcissism, and I was disagreeing with that. That you’re saying here “he gets armies of worshippers responding to every tweet” still gives me this impression about what you’re trying to communicate, FWIW. > Also, if using Twitter that much were "normal" then Twitter wouldn't be struggling as much as it is. I think they’re struggling financially (if you can call a multi billion dollar profit “struggling”) because the money people make from advertising on Twitter isn’t that related to how much any given person uses it, as they’re mostly competing with each other for a fixed quantity of disposable income. (Number of users seems too large to count as a struggle, not sure what else you might mean). (That’s my guess, at least).
notacoward 5y ago
But what kind of CEO will he hire? One that broadly shares his views, and will not push back in the slightest when he (inevitably) interferes from his board seat. What he'll really hire is a COO, regardless of the actual title.
- zxspectrum1982 5y ago
  He'll hire Donald Trump as CEO of Twitter }:-)
  - syshum 5y ago
    No, he would never take that, Trump Jr. though.......
- philliphaydon 5y ago
  Not that musk considers those titles of any value. He can have a CEO and still be running the company. Not from a board seat. Because CEO as a title is just a title.
- shafyy 5y ago
  I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to get Jack Dorsey back (emphasis on "tried").
tootie 5y ago
I'm imagining an NFL owner situation. Most owners were already wealthy from other businesses when they bought a team. They always hire executives to run the business. But they also spend an inordinate amount of time sticking their nose into team business because it's fun and exciting and glamorous. Musk isn't doing this because it's fiscally sensible. He's doing it because he wants to own a popular social network and exploit it for his own ego. He will name a CEO but he will keep them on a short leash and assert his own ideas whenever he has them.

by shafyy 5y ago

Musk for sure will hire a CEO, I can't imagine that he will spend more than a few hours a week a month on Twitter (once the deal has closed and he hired a new management).

smt88 5y ago

He already spends hours a week just posting on Twitter (and reading it, liking posts, etc.) I think he's obsessed with his growing celebrity and Twitter is his megaphone.

ben_w 5y ago
Using it for hours a week sounds to me like he’s a fairly normal person, at least with regard to social media use. (20 years ago I’d have said the same about watching “hours” of TV each week).
- smt88 5y ago
  > Using it for hours a week sounds to me like he’s a fairly normal person, at least with regard to social media use. What does that have to do with my comment? I was just saying that he won't be hands-off as CEO of Twitter because he isn't hands-off even as a user. Also, if using Twitter that much were "normal" then Twitter wouldn't be struggling as much as it is. Even if it were normal, Musk is not a "normal" user (he gets armies of worshippers responding to every tweet) and he is the CEO of at least two other large companies, in addition to being a father of 7 children. He shouldn't even have time to eat or sleep, let alone troll people on Twitter on a regular basis.
  - ben_w 5y ago
    Oh ok — I thought you were saying his pattern of usage of the platform indicated narcissism, and I was disagreeing with that. That you’re saying here “he gets armies of worshippers responding to every tweet” still gives me this impression about what you’re trying to communicate, FWIW. > Also, if using Twitter that much were "normal" then Twitter wouldn't be struggling as much as it is. I think they’re struggling financially (if you can call a multi billion dollar profit “struggling”) because the money people make from advertising on Twitter isn’t that related to how much any given person uses it, as they’re mostly competing with each other for a fixed quantity of disposable income. (Number of users seems too large to count as a struggle, not sure what else you might mean). (That’s my guess, at least).

notacoward 5y ago

But what kind of CEO will he hire? One that broadly shares his views, and will not push back in the slightest when he (inevitably) interferes from his board seat. What he'll really hire is a COO, regardless of the actual title.

zxspectrum1982 5y ago
He'll hire Donald Trump as CEO of Twitter }:-)
- syshum 5y ago
  No, he would never take that, Trump Jr. though.......
philliphaydon 5y ago
Not that musk considers those titles of any value. He can have a CEO and still be running the company. Not from a board seat. Because CEO as a title is just a title.
shafyy 5y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to get Jack Dorsey back (emphasis on "tried").

tootie 5y ago

I'm imagining an NFL owner situation. Most owners were already wealthy from other businesses when they bought a team. They always hire executives to run the business. But they also spend an inordinate amount of time sticking their nose into team business because it's fun and exciting and glamorous. Musk isn't doing this because it's fiscally sensible. He's doing it because he wants to own a popular social network and exploit it for his own ego. He will name a CEO but he will keep them on a short leash and assert his own ideas whenever he has them.