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> What people don‘t seem to take into account here is that Elon was forced to buy the company due to a binding offer he made but later found out user numbers to
by vlovich123 3y ago
> What people don‘t seem to take into account here is that Elon was forced to buy the company due to a binding offer he made but later found out user numbers to be manipulated and so on.
My understanding is that manipulated numbers would have been a legit reason to exit the deal but it turned out that Musk couldn’t provide that and thus was forced to go through with the offer. Am I misremembering?
- iamsanteri 3y agoThis could be the case, but he himself claims it to be more the way I said it. The details are obscure but I tend to believe his word rather than the passionate hater-horde and an army of mis-representers that are so many in number today. It’s Elon’s blunder so I don’t care all that much. Too bad for him!
- lolinder 3y agoIt's not a matter of taking Elon's word over the horde of haters, it's a matter of taking Elon's word over Elon's actions. If he had evidence that his offer to buy Twitter was based on false information, he would have gone to court to fight it. Instead he caved before the court date, presumably because his lawyers persuaded him he stood no chance.