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I find it kind of shocking that Musk likes Twitter that much, but at the same time it makes sense. If you ignore the wealth differential, his behaviour is simil

by mkl95 4y ago

I find it kind of shocking that Musk likes Twitter that much, but at the same time it makes sense. If you ignore the wealth differential, his behaviour is similar to the average Twitter user. He may be the perfect owner in that sense. I also think it will be a clusterfuck within 5 years like some of his "side project" companies.

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LegitShady 4y ago
musk makes it clear why he likes twitter - because it lets you talk to the public without any filter at all, easily. Musk himself is whimsical and trollish on twitter but its not clear how much of that is real vs public image
remram 4y ago
He bought it on the last possible day a court would allow, so I don't know how much he likes it really. He did try every possible move to get out of it.
- saalweachter 4y ago
  The weirdest part to me about this saga is the extent to which Elon Musk is getting away with pretending he didn't spend the last six months trying very hard not to purchase Twitter.
  - s1artibartfast 4y ago
    Well he clearly wanted to own Twitter. He also clearly regretted the price that he was paying. I don't think the second point negates the first.
    - edmundsauto 4y ago
      More precisely, at one point and for an instant, he wanted to own Twitter. His subsequent behavior could be interpreted as not wanting it at that price, but his actions were to try and stop the sale - not negotiate a different price. I think Elon has mental health / behavioral issues that drive this, but because he's a billionaire, we don't really care all that much. As long as he doesn't go full Kanye (which is a line he is scarily close to).
      - hackernewds 4y ago
        The worry is Elon is a lot more powerful and has access and reach (especially now) than Ye For one, he has access to every single politicians DMs on Twitter
        ergocoder 4y ago
        Now Elon has access to all internal emails. For example, he has an evidence of which execs ignored the fake news concern raised by an employee. It is 7000 people company. At least, one has pointed out about fake news that might help trump won election. It is going to be fun if he goes after those execs.
        krasin 4y ago
        Many big companies have retention policies, where all messages are automatically deleted after X months unless specifically persisted / pinned. It's highly unlikely that Twitter has much internal emails from 2019-2020, let alone 2015-2016.
        ergocoder 4y ago
        This could be true. The last 3 years had even more fake news though. Google docs and etc. don't usually have retention policy. Imagine a bigger problem: an employee comments in a doc about Russian propaganda/fake news, and execs decided not to invest in eliminating them. Now it's borderline national security issues.
    - ergocoder 4y ago
      To be honest, nobody on earth would want to buy twitter at 54.20, not even 1% of it. Of course he would try to back out. He couldn't predict the economic downturn, could he?

by mkl95 4y ago

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LegitShady 4y ago

musk makes it clear why he likes twitter - because it lets you talk to the public without any filter at all, easily. Musk himself is whimsical and trollish on twitter but its not clear how much of that is real vs public image

remram 4y ago

He bought it on the last possible day a court would allow, so I don't know how much he likes it really. He did try every possible move to get out of it.

saalweachter 4y ago
The weirdest part to me about this saga is the extent to which Elon Musk is getting away with pretending he didn't spend the last six months trying very hard not to purchase Twitter.
- s1artibartfast 4y ago
  Well he clearly wanted to own Twitter. He also clearly regretted the price that he was paying. I don't think the second point negates the first.
  - edmundsauto 4y ago
    More precisely, at one point and for an instant, he wanted to own Twitter. His subsequent behavior could be interpreted as not wanting it at that price, but his actions were to try and stop the sale - not negotiate a different price. I think Elon has mental health / behavioral issues that drive this, but because he's a billionaire, we don't really care all that much. As long as he doesn't go full Kanye (which is a line he is scarily close to).
    - hackernewds 4y ago
      The worry is Elon is a lot more powerful and has access and reach (especially now) than Ye For one, he has access to every single politicians DMs on Twitter
      - ergocoder 4y ago
        Now Elon has access to all internal emails. For example, he has an evidence of which execs ignored the fake news concern raised by an employee. It is 7000 people company. At least, one has pointed out about fake news that might help trump won election. It is going to be fun if he goes after those execs.
        krasin 4y ago
        Many big companies have retention policies, where all messages are automatically deleted after X months unless specifically persisted / pinned. It's highly unlikely that Twitter has much internal emails from 2019-2020, let alone 2015-2016.
        ergocoder 4y ago
        This could be true. The last 3 years had even more fake news though. Google docs and etc. don't usually have retention policy. Imagine a bigger problem: an employee comments in a doc about Russian propaganda/fake news, and execs decided not to invest in eliminating them. Now it's borderline national security issues.
  - ergocoder 4y ago
    To be honest, nobody on earth would want to buy twitter at 54.20, not even 1% of it. Of course he would try to back out. He couldn't predict the economic downturn, could he?