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This is alluded to at the end of the article: > Is it fun for him? If he manages to walk away having spent only millions in financing fees, millions in legal f
by bambax 4y ago
This is alluded to at the end of the article:
> Is it fun for him? If he manages to walk away having spent only millions in financing fees, millions in legal fees and say $1 billion in termination fees, was it worth it? What did he get out of this? The guy really seems to like being on Twitter, and he did make himself the main character in Twitter's drama for months on end. That’s nice for him I guess. Also he made the lives of Twitter’s executives and employees pretty miserable; as a fellow Twitter addict I can kind of see the appeal of that? I always assume that “everyone who works at Twitter hates the product and its users,” and I suppose this is a case of the richest and weirdest user getting some revenge on the employees. He also gave himself an excuse to sell a bunch of Tesla stock near the highs. He maybe got an edit button too? Maybe that’s worth a billion dollars to him?
But for that to be the sole reason of the whole circus is conspiracy theory.
> Musk has buying Twitter as a cover
It's a very, very annoying/distracting cover, not to mention an expensive one.
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- nicce 4y ago> It's a very, very annoying/distracting cover, not to mention an expensive one. It is hard to say how expensive it actually is… if he had sold overpriced Tesla stock without cover, could that lose be much more than - one billion termination fee?
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agoHow much has he lost in his stake of Twitter as its share price decreases? Why would he use Twitter as cover when he could use much better alternatives? Why would he waive normal due diligence that is customary if it was a fancy plan to exit Twitter from the beginning?
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- Beldin 4y agoGood questions! I don't think they apply to someone who tweeted "considering to take my company private at $X a share; funding secured" when funding definitely wasn't secured. The story where he made an(other) impulsive decision (buy Twitter!) and then realised some potential benefit as a side effect (liquidate overpriced stock without raising eyebrows) sounds plausible. In the end, Elefino [1]. Musk gonna musk, I guess. [1] https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DdhUL1Afir_w&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjs-qiP-u74AhVJ_KQKHTCmDkYQtwJ6BAgAEAE&usg=AOvVaw3JVu1fo5N2xIX3MSmOQmr3 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv...
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agowell then Musk's plan is "a couple sandwiches short of a pinic basket"[1], which leads me to believe it's not a master conspiracy plan and he's just winging it. [1] https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DdhUL1Afir_w&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjs-qiP-u74AhVJ_KQKHTCmDkYQtwJ6BAgAEAE&usg=AOvVaw3JVu1fo5N2xIX3MSmOQmr3 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv...
- tarsinge 4y agoHow can it be expensive if it save you billions of dollars?
- orestarod 4y agoYou do admit it is a circus, and no official explanation holds its ground. Why do you belittle the real reason, whatever it is, by negatively branding it a conspiracy theory? The real reason for this by definition falls in the category of a "conspiracy theory", since it is not included in any official explanation.
- maximus-decimus 4y agoSaying he's just bipolar and had grandiose ideas before crashing down would not count as a conspiracy theory. "Conspiracy theory" implies you're blaming it on... a conspiracy. Not any unofficial explanation count as a conspiracy theory.
- orestarod 4y agoI don't know if he conspired with someone or if only he himself knows of his own plan. But I do not believe he acted impulsively.