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There is just so much irony all over this, at every level and every side. It’s hilarious. Musk wanted to buy it, then tried to back away. The board tried to p

There is just so much irony all over this, at every level and every side. It’s hilarious. Musk wanted to buy it, then tried to back away. The board tried to prevent the sale, then sued to make it happen. Employees loathed the idea of Musk being their boss, but also wanted his cash for their stock. And as much good a pubic soapbox platform could have been for society, destroying the company seems to me to be the only appropriate karmic justice for all involved, including society because of what Twitter had become and had been used for politically.

throwaway82388 4y ago
It’s an unpopular opinion but I find it all funny too, for the reasons you described. The degree to which people are experiencing self-righteous outrage over twitter is in direct proportion to how histrionic and annoying their personas are. Twitter may have had some fine contributors, but I think it was a net negative on culture, and encouraged shallow thinking and moral grandstanding. And there’s an upside. If the people threatening to leave actually do, it will likely make the platform better.
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  You are completely right but if not Twitter, it will be something else. There is real demand for these net negatives.
- refurb 4y ago
  Indeed. People talk about like it a critical major industry is about to go under. It’s Twitter. If it goes under it’ll be missed as much as MySpace.
SkylockeScarred 4y ago
I honestly want to see Twitter's financials before it goes. I have a suspicion that a lot of it's revenue was from government sources, especially after Arab Spring.
- seanhunter 4y ago
  You know that twitter was a public company before all this fiasco right? If you want to see pre-Elon financials, it's all in the public domain. https://investor.twitterinc.com/financial-information/quarterly-results/ https://investor.twitterinc.com/financial-information/quarte...

throwaway82388 4y ago

It’s an unpopular opinion but I find it all funny too, for the reasons you described. The degree to which people are experiencing self-righteous outrage over twitter is in direct proportion to how histrionic and annoying their personas are. Twitter may have had some fine contributors, but I think it was a net negative on culture, and encouraged shallow thinking and moral grandstanding. And there’s an upside. If the people threatening to leave actually do, it will likely make the platform better.

nonethewiser 4y ago
You are completely right but if not Twitter, it will be something else. There is real demand for these net negatives.
refurb 4y ago
Indeed. People talk about like it a critical major industry is about to go under. It’s Twitter. If it goes under it’ll be missed as much as MySpace.

SkylockeScarred 4y ago

I honestly want to see Twitter's financials before it goes. I have a suspicion that a lot of it's revenue was from government sources, especially after Arab Spring.

seanhunter 4y ago
You know that twitter was a public company before all this fiasco right? If you want to see pre-Elon financials, it's all in the public domain. https://investor.twitterinc.com/financial-information/quarterly-results/ https://investor.twitterinc.com/financial-information/quarte...