discussion Reuters: Twitter to sell itself to Elon Musk

[pimmelfratze]

6 minutes ago, Stan.killah said:

 

 

That’s not Elon

[Gui Blackout]

He really just came out of nowhere a few weeks ago with goal of buying the most relevant social media in the world and actually did it.  

 

Love it or hate it, can't deny the guy's a legend. This is for the history books.

[JasperX]

10 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Him: I am NOT gonna give $6B to end World Hunger since I dont believe it will

UN: Gives him proof that it actually Will

Him: Buys Twitter for $45B instead

 

Trash

In all seriousness

[ZeroSuitBritney]

Just deactivated my account after 11+ years

[ZeroSuitBritney]

I wish nothing but the worst for Elon Musk. Truly one of the worst people to ever exist. Hoping for a slow and painful de.... demise of Twitter now. For him.

[ZIVERT]

Honestly, this whole idea is very scary

[Archetype]

9 minutes ago, GhostBox said:

He does not hate trump ?

 

he has a huge right wing following. Why do you think they’d r praising him today for buying it? They know he’s going to let them spread the Qanon crap all day

 

2 minutes ago, Horizon Flame said:

Where did he say he hated Trump?

He publicly said Tr**p has bad character and doesn’t reflect well on the US, did not vote for him in both elections, and left an advisory board because of Tr**p policies.  The only time he was ever nice to him was when the disgraced former president tweeted something about Tesla being forced to adhere to COVID restrictions during the start of the pandemic and Elon was in his “COVID isn’t that bad!!!” era.  
 

Elon ONLY has right wing followers because he has many libertarian views, but has shown time and time again that he does not actually vote for Republicans.  They stupidly think his vague advocacy for free speech = return of Q Anon and Trump.  

[Vermillion]

 

[TheFameCurse]

YAAAASSS

 

Now bring Trump back

[brazil]

Watch twitter become a social media for fringe alt right groups. The gheys need a new place!

[Communion]

1 hour ago, slik said:

People acting like Elon is some demon:

 

* Has offered before to end world hunger

Sis.... 

[kellysclarkson]

[nathanspears]

2 hours ago, slik said:

* Very against market manipulation and short selling stocks, an extremely shady and morally corrupt practice by some hedge funds on Wall Street.

[Domination]

57 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Him: I am NOT gonna give $6B to end World Hunger since I dont believe it will

UN: Gives him proof that it actually Will

Him: Buys Twitter for $45B instead

 

Trash

The proof that was given was not any indication that world hunger would end, but rather what $6B “could do” because the reality is is that no amount of money will end world hunger and the UN’s claim otherwise was just a dumbass to say. As long as there is capitalist greed from countries, corporations, and dictators, there will always be world hunger. Period.

[CHERLLOYD]

Hope he can promote grimez

[Letemtalk]

So now most of our social media is controlled by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and China (TikTok).

Doesn't that sound like freedom to you?

[LatinFreak]

Yay. No more Kpop spam trending every day! 

[Janet]

Gaga follows him so I’m expecting amazing promo for LG7 

[Domination]

1 hour ago, RunUpDoneUp said:

Only the most braindead of posters will cheer on a billionaire flexing their exorbitant wealth and acquiring a PUBLIC SQUARE of discourse. Actual brainworms.

No offense but Twitter is not a public service nor as it ever acted like one. Also, Twitter is not a beacon of discourse. It, like Facebook, is largely harmful to democracy and will probably to continue to be post-privatization.

[Trent W]

1 hour ago, Bloo said:

I think people have rightful concerns given his personality. I view him as a Trump-like lunatic and I know many others do as well. You may disagree with that characterization and that’s fine. We can have a discussion about that and we probably disagree on that front. That’s fine. But, how would you feel if the Trump Organization purchased Twitter? Probably not too well if my memory serves me right regarding your feelings towards Trump. So that’s why people have issue. I think someone like Elon Musk acquiring Twitter and making it a private company is a pretty horrific scenario. Of course, we can only know for sure with time. But with his habit of over-promising and under-delivering, among other personal issues, I don’t think there’s much reason to think Elon Musk is going to improve the issues with Twitter. I think he’s going to exacerbate the issues that exist and make it an even worse experience.

I don’t know if he would let Trump back. He build a right wing following the last couple years. After leftists started attacking him for his wealth growth during the pandemic and his covid measures too. So he started fighting back and right wingers follow anything that questions the left.

 

Elon was initially very liberal and environmentally friendly, that was his initial approach. If he let Trump back he would burn all his previous work with Tesla and his own brand so it would be stupid af.

 

[Bloo]

7 minutes ago, Trent W said:

I don’t know if he would let Trump back. He build a right wing following the last couple years. After leftists started attacking him for his wealth growth during the pandemic and his covid measures too. So he started fighting back and right wingers follow anything that questions the left.

 

Elon was initially very liberal and environmentally friendly, that was his initial approach. If he let Trump back he would burn all his previous work with Tesla and his own brand so it would be stupid af.

 

Elon was never very liberal or environmentally friendly. That’s just part of the mythos he’s built around himself to sound like he alone is saving the planet. Also, never did I mention him letting Trump back on. So I’m not sure why you’re talking about that. 

[Stan.killah]

28 minutes ago, Letemtalk said:

So now most of our social media is controlled by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and China (TikTok).

Doesn't that sound like freedom to you?

For Twitter, yes. If you knew who was controlling Twitter before (big banks, malicious special interests groups) then you would see this as a good thing and a fresh start for the platform. 

[Trent W]

6 minutes ago, Bloo said:

Elon was never very liberal or environmentally friendly. That’s just part of the mythos he’s built around himself to sound like he alone is saving the planet. Also, never did I mention him letting Trump back on. So I’m not sure why you’re talking about that. 

Sorry I misread your post, the phrase has been so repeated in this thread that is stuck in mu subconscious.

[Bloo]

5 minutes ago, Stan.killah said:

For Twitter, yes. If you knew who was controlling Twitter before (big banks, malicious special interests groups) then you would see this as a good thing and a fresh start for the platform. 

Why do you say this as if the richest person in the world is magically better than a big bank executive?  

[Letemtalk]

10 minutes ago, Stan.killah said:

For Twitter, yes. If you knew who was controlling Twitter before (big banks, malicious special interests groups) then you would see this as a good thing and a fresh start for the platform. 

Who then?