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But for some reason, Musk would be open to buying Substack[1] (even though it's not for sale[2]). 1. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1607936197602562050 ht

• was_a_dev 4y ago
  Musk doesn't want to develop a competitor. He wants to aquire the existing userbase Shutting down Revue moves more users to Substack
  • jameshart 4y ago
    So you do it after you've purchased substack, not before.
    • hennell 4y ago
      Elon doing something stupid without thinking it through? What an unexpected unprecedented situation. /s
      • marcusverus 4y ago
        That's a stupid hypothetical, alright!
  • rchaud 4y ago
    His interest in Substack is more likely centred around controlling the public conversation in a more direct way than on Twitter. On Twitter, Musk gets dunked on daily, as do his $8/month boosters, all of whom are at the top of the replies (hence creating a larger dunk attack vector). Substack is more 'buttoned-down', everybody there is trying to be a "thought leader", so it already skews more "rich guys know better", even without considering all the conservative op-ed writers that have paid gigs there.
• felipellrocha 4y ago
  He probably looked at the codebase and decided it wasn’t worth it. Not saying that is a good decision, or a bad codebase. In fact, nowadays, I’d say the opposite. Lol
  • rchaud 4y ago
    I wouldn't want to look at a printout of Revue's source code either.
  • klyrs 4y ago
    You think he printed out the code and read it on his private plane? No, I think this is a much more utilitarian decision: Revue wasn't making money, it got cut.
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