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Not just that, but the owner of the account offered to take it down for a price. Feels like extortion.
by jfoster 4y ago
Not just that, but the owner of the account offered to take it down for a price. Feels like extortion.
- imperfect_blue 4y agoWait, where did he say this? To me it doesn't just feel like extortion, it straight up is extortion.
- jfoster 4y agoTwitter DM, apparently: "Any chance to up that to $50k? It would be great support in college and would possibly allow me to get a car maybe even a Model 3." https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker#toggle-gdpr https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker#toggle-gdp...
- jacquesm 4y agoNot really, the party never solicited payment. Musk opened up the negotiations and was then pissed off when the other side didn't accept his first offer.
- 0x53 4y agoBut he didn’t take the money, meaning that at least his intent wasn’t to extort. Edit: looked this up apparently Elon offered him 5k which he rejected and asked 50k instead. So I guess neither have the moral high ground.
- isleyaardvark 4y agoAnyone who knows about that offer knows that Elon offered money to take it down first. Why are you being deceptive about this?
- jfoster 4y agoHe did, but if it were not extortion then the person running it would come back with a "no" rather than a counter offer.