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Seeing these news right after deactivating your Twitter account. :) Twitter is not a platform any more it used to be, a lot of fake accounts with blue ticks an

Seeing these news right after deactivating your Twitter account. :) Twitter is not a platform any more it used to be, a lot of fake accounts with blue ticks and ads after ads. I just wonder what was Elon's original idea with Twitter, buy big social network, rename it to "X", show to the world that "Yes, I can", then destroy it gradually from inside?

illiac786 3y ago
My personal little conspiracy theory with zero proof: he wanted to destroy Twitter all along. But he cannot just shut it down, I think that would make him vulnerable to some legal battles. Much better and much more sadistic to gradually destroy the good name of Twitter.
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
  It’s a silly theory not simply because he’s ruining his own image and he will never be able to get another loan again, and investors will not trust him, nor the public, but also because he’s personally dependent on Twitter. Twitter dying would hurt him more than losing a child. Or a few.
  - illiac786 3y ago
    Woooow. Have you lost credit worthiness and a child and can do such a comparison? It feels like trolling, making such insensitive comparisons. I hope this is not based on your personal experience... That would suck on multiple levels. Secondly, my theory is, it's all worth it to him. (It's called an obsession, or being crazy.)
- nalekberov 3y ago
  So he pays $44 Billion to destroy a brand? Why?
- jjeaff 3y ago
  No way. Elon has, for a long time, relied heavily on Twitter to drum up interest. He basically has no advertising budget at Tesla and SpaceX. My guess is that he saw his lack of control of Twitter as a liability. after all, things he or others have posted have increased or decreased the stock price of Tesla by billions. not to mention that if he owns the platform, he can juice his own posts which he started doing immediately. so I think it was that mixed with some ego and stupidity and impulsivity and maybe some drugs mixed in there.
  - illiac786 3y ago
    oh, I like that. The "intolerable lack of control" fits with with his character.

illiac786 3y ago

My personal little conspiracy theory with zero proof: he wanted to destroy Twitter all along. But he cannot just shut it down, I think that would make him vulnerable to some legal battles. Much better and much more sadistic to gradually destroy the good name of Twitter.

3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
It’s a silly theory not simply because he’s ruining his own image and he will never be able to get another loan again, and investors will not trust him, nor the public, but also because he’s personally dependent on Twitter. Twitter dying would hurt him more than losing a child. Or a few.
- illiac786 3y ago
  Woooow. Have you lost credit worthiness and a child and can do such a comparison? It feels like trolling, making such insensitive comparisons. I hope this is not based on your personal experience... That would suck on multiple levels. Secondly, my theory is, it's all worth it to him. (It's called an obsession, or being crazy.)
nalekberov 3y ago
So he pays $44 Billion to destroy a brand? Why?
jjeaff 3y ago
No way. Elon has, for a long time, relied heavily on Twitter to drum up interest. He basically has no advertising budget at Tesla and SpaceX. My guess is that he saw his lack of control of Twitter as a liability. after all, things he or others have posted have increased or decreased the stock price of Tesla by billions. not to mention that if he owns the platform, he can juice his own posts which he started doing immediately. so I think it was that mixed with some ego and stupidity and impulsivity and maybe some drugs mixed in there.
- illiac786 3y ago
  oh, I like that. The "intolerable lack of control" fits with with his character.