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This is an interesting take I hadn't heard before. Thank you. I wonder why this hasn't been getting communicated by Twitter to Elon though (he likely has not ha

This is an interesting take I hadn't heard before. Thank you. I wonder why this hasn't been getting communicated by Twitter to Elon though (he likely has not have realized that this change occurred).

natroniks 4y ago
I too don't know why Twitter or the press doesn't make this metric more apparent. But I will say, if Musk didn't know about this change, then he already is what he's long aspired to be: a space cadet.
- kcplate 4y ago
  Because it’s not necessarily in their best interest. Everything is a negotiation tactic on both sides. Does Twitter want Musk to buy them? Maybe, or maybe not. Less than 2 months ago it was actively trying to prevent it. Now it’s trying to force it to happen? Four months ago, Musk wanted to destroy Twitter by starting a competitor. Two months ago he wanted to buy it, now he wants to back out of the deal. Seems to me a dance is taking place.
SilverBirch 4y ago
It has been communicated to Elon by Twitter. Repeatedly. It's in the SEC filings, it's in their annual reports. Here's a really long twitter thread by the CEO explicitly pointing out that they are measuring spam accounts as % of MDAUs - literally putting that in asterisks for emphasis: https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576 https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576 Here is Elon Musk responding to that thread with a poop emoji: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526246899606601730 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526246899606601730 The problem isn't that no one has bridged this divide, it's that Elon Musk is acting in bad faith to derail the deal that he fucked up by signing. There's no point talking about spam accounts because that's literally not the issue. The issue is that Musk signed a deal valuing Twitter at a premium at the peak of the market with no real escape clauses, and since there are no legitimate ways for him to renegotiate he needs to come up with a pretense.
- ModernMech 4y ago
  It’s amazing to me that one party here can literally sling shit and still be taken as a serious, rational, adult person by anyone. A poop emoji is a clearer way to say “I’m acting in bad faith” than literally saying “I’m acting in bad faith”. Money has amazing perception bending properties.

This is an interesting take I hadn't heard before. Thank you. I wonder why this hasn't been getting communicated by Twitter to Elon though (he likely has not have realized that this change occurred).

natroniks 4y ago

I too don't know why Twitter or the press doesn't make this metric more apparent. But I will say, if Musk didn't know about this change, then he already is what he's long aspired to be: a space cadet.

kcplate 4y ago
Because it’s not necessarily in their best interest. Everything is a negotiation tactic on both sides. Does Twitter want Musk to buy them? Maybe, or maybe not. Less than 2 months ago it was actively trying to prevent it. Now it’s trying to force it to happen? Four months ago, Musk wanted to destroy Twitter by starting a competitor. Two months ago he wanted to buy it, now he wants to back out of the deal. Seems to me a dance is taking place.

SilverBirch 4y ago

It has been communicated to Elon by Twitter. Repeatedly. It's in the SEC filings, it's in their annual reports. Here's a really long twitter thread by the CEO explicitly pointing out that they are measuring spam accounts as % of MDAUs - literally putting that in asterisks for emphasis: https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576 https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576 Here is Elon Musk responding to that thread with a poop emoji: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526246899606601730 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526246899606601730 The problem isn't that no one has bridged this divide, it's that Elon Musk is acting in bad faith to derail the deal that he fucked up by signing. There's no point talking about spam accounts because that's literally not the issue. The issue is that Musk signed a deal valuing Twitter at a premium at the peak of the market with no real escape clauses, and since there are no legitimate ways for him to renegotiate he needs to come up with a pretense.

ModernMech 4y ago
It’s amazing to me that one party here can literally sling shit and still be taken as a serious, rational, adult person by anyone. A poop emoji is a clearer way to say “I’m acting in bad faith” than literally saying “I’m acting in bad faith”. Money has amazing perception bending properties.