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Elon/Twitter stories get clicks in part because of the "how's he going to get out of this one!?" factor. As the article points out, Twitter's financial numbers
by gary_0 4y ago
Elon/Twitter stories get clicks in part because of the "how's he going to get out of this one!?" factor. As the article points out, Twitter's financial numbers and upcoming liabilities don't look good. This is not subjective; Twitter is in bad fiscal shape. In some ways Elon walked the same knife's edge with Tesla and SpaceX (he himself admits how touch-and-go it was at various points), but he managed to pull it off.
Now he's doing a similar stunt with Twitter, but with a much bigger and more attentive audience. And a far cockier attitude.
And everyone's wondering how long he can play corporate Evel Knievel before his luck runs out.
- adamrezich 4y agoI thought it was quite well-understood that Musk has a long-term plan to turn Twitter into "the WeChat of the West", a centralized identity/payment platform, likely in the form of x.com?
- gary_0 4y agoSure, and he also has long-term plans to build a Tesla autonomous android, and a SpaceX Mars colony. I wish him the best of luck, but I'm not going to put money on any of those plans succeeding any time soon.
- adamrezich 4y agoof those three things, turning Twitter into WeChat seems by far the most plausible, achievable, marketable, sustainable, and profitable—so, what point are you trying to make here?
- dvngnt_ 4y agoI highly doubt twitter will be the wechat of the west. I don't think any app would be that at least for america for cultural/political reasons
- LiquidSky 4y agoThe way he's been running Twitter, at this point a Mars colony does seem more likely. It hasn't just been erratic but actively buffoonish. The "plan" seems to be whatever whim he has day-to-day, made infinitely worse by his seemingly 24/7 capering on Twitter himself.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoI think a "WeChat of the West" is possible. But it sure as hell won't be with a company owned by Elon Musk. Google is the closest we've seen to it, and a lot of tech people would certainly reject Google trying to be WeChat.