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> The fundamental incentives for Twitter as a business have not changed. Have they not changed? This is a genuine question. How much control does Elon actuall
by spartanatreyu 4y ago
> The fundamental incentives for Twitter as a business have not changed.
Have they not changed? This is a genuine question.
How much control does Elon actually have? Can he decide to take the company in a direction that don't match the business incentives?
Can he tell an employee: "Do this or your fired" because it may make him feel better? Or because he misunderstood the situation and couldn't be told otherwise until he sees the results? Or both?
Does he have certain responsibilities that he is supposed to honor? What happens if he doesn't?
- twblalock 4y agoHe could make bad decisions that make the company fail, although frankly the previous leadership was on that path already. It’s clear from his recent announcements that he understands how much Twitter depends on advertisers.
- tkk23 4y ago>>The fundamental incentives for Twitter as a business have not changed. >Have they not changed? This is a genuine question. If Musk pays back the bank loans, there shouldn't be anybody who could force him to continue the ad business and he could offer Twitter for free. A billion users, with 10 tweets per day, that's 4T tweets per year. At 250 bytes per tweet, that's 1P data. At $20 per terabyte, that's $20,000 per year. With the same amount for transfer and servers, Musk should be able to run Twitter for $100,000 plus employees. With those costs, Twitter could be financed by offering image and video tweets as a paid feature for $1 per year.