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> I suppose what's the most surprising is that it seems it was intentional. This is a surprising conclusion. There was no conspiracy to sink Twitter. Musk just
by lossolo 3y ago
> I suppose what's the most surprising is that it seems it was intentional.
This is a surprising conclusion. There was no conspiracy to sink Twitter. Musk just failed, you know, like every mortal human being does from time to time. What's interesting is that if he had started with Twitter instead of other companies, maybe you wouldn't know his name today. Being lucky and having the right people around you have a lot more impact than people like to admit.
- sneak 3y agoTwitter/X is still an extant and operating business (and perhaps more sustainable given its reduced spend vs. when he took it over) so it may be premature to say he failed. As a fan of Twitter, as well as the things he was saying about online publishing at the time he took it over, I rather hope he can be successful. The loginwall reappearing and the ToSing of the elonsjet account or whatever are troubling, but I think it would be great to see Twitter make a (sustainable, profitable) comeback.
- pessimizer 3y agoI think the login wall is the only big mistake; it will chase away institutions like governments, schools, etc. that used twitter as a newsfeed. The last thing he should be doing is chasing away wholesomeness.
- scarface_74 3y agoYes, expenses are going down but revenue is going down even faster as advertisers view Twitter as toxic. But why did you ever have any reason to believe that Elon cared about “free speech” based on his previous behavior toward critics?
- kibwen 3y agoIf you take the average reported Twitter salary from before the layoffs and multiply it by the estimate of number of people laid off, the annual savings is approximately equal to the annual interest repayment on the loan that Elon Musk used to pay for Twitter. Ultimately, he didn't save anything.