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I realized Elon wasn't a scientist or engineer a long time ago. But a good businessman I thought he was and I think it's too early to say in this case whether t
by Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
I realized Elon wasn't a scientist or engineer a long time ago. But a good businessman I thought he was and I think it's too early to say in this case whether that holds true. One issue is that since the company is now private, we most likley will not get to see it's profit. All we will have is what employees or musk says. So I still think it's too soon to make conclusions.
- lottamus 4y agoSure, but I’m really interested to see what he does with http://x.com http://x.com
- tapoxi 4y agoHe wants to make a WeChat, but WeChat can only happen because Apple allows WeChat to bend the rules so it can access the Chinese market.
- rdtwo 4y agoHe’s just a young Donald trump
- qeternity 4y agoI’m don’t fall into one camp or the other: I think the guy is human, like everyone else, and riddled with faults. But one guy has put humans into space, and the other sold steaks on infomercials.
- kevinh 4y agoThat's quite the slanted framing. An alternate framing: one was president of the United States and one got pushed down a flight of stairs for making fun of a kid because his father committed suicide.
- forgetfulness 4y agoBut as a businessman, Musk has done far more for society with SpaceX and Starlink than Trump ever did as a sketchy real estate developer, or media personality. Let's give that to Musk, not withstanding his dubious personal choices, polarizing public persona, or this questionable decision of buying and then gutting an unprofitable social network.
- qeternity 4y agoI framed it this way because GP was make a pejorative comparison.
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- michael1999 4y agoThe twitter bankruptcy will be a very public process.
- vesinisa 4y ago90% of Twitter's revenue comes from ads. Advertisers are reportedly abandoning the platform en masse, and the rest will follow once Musk does his next stupid thing. No amount of layoffs is going to cover the dissolution of their revenue basis. Twitter will become a thing of the past, like MySpace.
- ianai 4y agoNo good businessperson runs around as half-cocked in bright, broad daylight as this guy. I’ve heard plenty of large fund managers say he’s too overboard to take seriously enough to invest in his businesses.
- spoils19 4y agoI agree with you. It's simple - if you're against Musk, you're against the betterment of humanity.