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In another more real sense, though, he owns Twitter.

• Kye 4y ago
  Digg had the same misunderstanding. He owns some computers and a bit of IP. He doesn't own what makes it worth something. If people or advertisers leave, he has to turn the computers off since he can't afford to run them.
  • smabie 4y ago
    It's not like, a misunderstanding. Elon Musk literally owns Twitter.
    • Kye 4y ago
      Yes, I agreed with that. The computers and intellectual property (Twitter) he owns are worthless if he makes it so no one wants to be there. This is why I referred to Digg: the people in charge tanked their near $200m valuation thinking they didn't need to care about the users, and finally had to sell off the brand and domain for $500k. Elon owns Twitter, the property. He does not own Twitter, the community. No community, no advertisers. No advertisers, no property unless he can do better than Google's pitiful results at finding an alternative to advertising.
      • inexcf 4y ago
        So the community "owns" Twitter, not the advertisers. The users don't care about the advertisers jumping ship.
        • Kye 4y ago
          They will when Elon can't keep the lights on using subscriptions and fees to cover the $1B/year debt service.