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Elon Musk and the Twitter acquisition saga

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SJRB

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It seems Twitter oversold their [active] userbase and undersold the bot problem.

I've noticed Twitter really pushing me towards following more people. Maybe they're trying to push up their "average followers per user" statistics or something? They even add a banner that occasionally pops up that basically lets me insta-follow a large group of people based on absolutely nothing other than them being connected somehow to people I follow.

"Press here to follow this group op people", lol fuck off with that shit.
 
MastaKiiLA

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SJRB said:
It seems Twitter oversold their [active] userbase and undersold the bot problem.

I've noticed Twitter really pushing me towards following more people. Maybe they're trying to push up their "average followers per user" statistics or something? They even add a banner that occasionally pops up that basically lets me insta-follow a large group of people based on absolutely nothing other than them being connected somehow to people I follow.

"Press here to follow this group op people", lol fuck off with that shit.
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Don't buy Elon's smoke grenade. He knew what Twitter was before he made a pitch. The only thing that changed is the market has crashed since then, and now a bit of an overpay has turned into a massive windfall for Twitter execs, and Musk is trying to get the price down. He had really bad timing, which sort of highlights the old adage that no one actually knows how the stock market will move. Not even the world's richest man. I see no reason to support his attempt to back out of a bad deal. He's gonna eat that billion burger.
 
It's all in the wrist

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MastaKiiLA said:
Don't buy Elon's smoke grenade. He knew what Twitter was before he made a pitch. The only thing that changed is the market has crashed since then, and now a bit of an overpay has turned into a massive windfall for Twitter execs, and Musk is trying to get the price down. He had really bad timing, which sort of highlights the old adage that no one actually knows how the stock market will move. Not even the world's richest man. I see no reason to support his attempt to back out of a bad deal. He's gonna eat that billion burger.
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He's gotta try though lol.
 
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BeardGawd

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MastaKiiLA said:
Don't buy Elon's smoke grenade. He knew what Twitter was before he made a pitch. The only thing that changed is the market has crashed since then, and now a bit of an overpay has turned into a massive windfall for Twitter execs, and Musk is trying to get the price down. He had really bad timing, which sort of highlights the old adage that no one actually knows how the stock market will move. Not even the world's richest man. I see no reason to support his attempt to back out of a bad deal. He's gonna eat that billion burger.
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So if he eats that billion and the stock continues to drop what's stopping him from offering a lower price?
 
ManaByte

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SJRB said:
It seems Twitter oversold their [active] userbase and undersold the bot problem.

I've noticed Twitter really pushing me towards following more people. Maybe they're trying to push up their "average followers per user" statistics or something? They even add a banner that occasionally pops up that basically lets me insta-follow a large group of people based on absolutely nothing other than them being connected somehow to people I follow.

"Press here to follow this group op people", lol fuck off with that shit.
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I've been getting a shit ton of bot followers since Musk made the offer.
 
Tams

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Imagine thinking Twitter was even worth anything.

There's some okay stuff on there that's easy to share, but it's sunk by all the dross and shit.
 
Amiga

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Musk can't buy Twitter
Musk must buy Twitter
Musk can't buy Twitter
Musk must buy Twitter
Musk can't buy Twitter
Musk must buy Twitter

make up your minds
 
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LegendOfKage

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Tams said:
Imagine thinking Twitter was even worth anything.

There's some okay stuff on there that's easy to share, but it's sunk by all the dross and shit.
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I still maintain that Twitter's worth is that it already exists. No new social media platform competitor could be made these days without having an immediately politicized association, which would greatly limit both the audience and the number of high profile users.

But is Musk trying to back out of the deal, or negotiate a lower price? I guess we'll have to wait to find out.
 
MastaKiiLA

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BeardGawd said:
So if he eats that billion and the stock continues to drop what's stopping him from offering a lower price?
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Nothing. But you're not likely to get the same level of shareholder support when you renege on the first deal, at a much more appealing pricepoint.
 
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ManaByte

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BigBooper

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BeardGawd said:
So if he eats that billion and the stock continues to drop what's stopping him from offering a lower price?
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I've seen some convincing arguments that would be the smart play. Lose a billion and offer 10 bill less and it's still hard to argue it's not a fair price.

There's also been some indication that his Tesla ownership could be at risk due to the market downturn and he might need that money rather than do the Twitter experiment.
 
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BeardGawd

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MastaKiiLA said:
Nothing. But you're not likely to get the same level of shareholder support when you renege on the first deal, at a much more appealing pricepoint.
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BigBooper said:
I've seen some convincing arguments that would be the smart play. Lose a billion and offer 10 bill less and it's still hard to argue it's not a fair price.

There's also been some indication that his Tesla ownership could be at risk due to the market downturn and he might need that money rather than do the Twitter experiment.
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Yeah I think that would be the smartest play but like MastaKiiLA MastaKiiLA said him cancelling this offer might be grounds for them to not accept any future offer which sucks. Why did the stock market have to crash right before this went through??
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Lol An Elon owned Twitter makes it much hard for Truth Social.
 
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BeardGawd

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ManaByte said:
Private financing for the deal has been put on hold after Musk’s threats. It’s going to fall apart. Texas AG is investigating Twitter now for overstating their user base.

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I think Donald is about to find out that although he has a huge following the majority will not follow him to another platform. Similar to a game that switches platforms. Most will hold out on their preferred platform/console.
 
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DeepEnigma

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ManaByte said:
Leaked Slack conversations where Twitter employees are plotting to ban Libs of TikTok just like Babylon Bee:

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Facebook is no different. They're all in bed with each other in their end game.

This is literally in Facebook's rejection to anything nasty towards one side of the political spectrum, while they remove the other side constantly.

And "genocidal violence" ... GTFO, retards.

We understand that the content may be offensive or hurtful. Facebook is a global community, and people express themselves differently, but we only take down content that goes against our standards. We review and update our standards regularly, with the help of experts.
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They have "experts" who tell them what "their standards" are.

And they only take down what goes against "their standards", but not for the other side. It's all a ruse.
 
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ManaByte

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Looks like after Musk took notice and publicly called out Twitter, every account threatening to kill Libs of TikTok got suspended.
 
funkygunther

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Has he bought it yet?

For those of you just joining this circus, a primer:



Maybe he will buy it next week, will check in again then
 
Smiggs

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Hero of Spielberg said:
So many seem to have forgotten it in this case though. Very strange.
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I don't think most people have forgotten it, they're just making a point about it. For the record, I totally support Elon having these people fired from a private company he runs--that's his right. Just like I support social media companies banning people or blocking comments that violate their TOS. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences, and we are seeing it in real time here. That applies to any private business.

Also, if Musk does end up buying Twitter, he will be able to ban any person he wants, for any reason--whether we perceive it as just or not. That will be his right as the owner. Would that be fair? Hell nah. Would it be totally legal? You betcha.
 
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CosmicComet

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funkygunther said:
Free speech when I like it (y)

Free speech when I don't (n)
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You anti-free speeches idiots that try to do cheap gotchas about the topic like this always make me lol.

Literally no one advocating for free speech is under the delusion that you should be able to shit talk openly at work about the company and/or boss and expect to not be fired.

But I get it. It's a lot harder to characterize the opposition's arguments correctly and then argue against it.

It's a lot easier to be a dishonest bitch and argue against a strawman argument.
 
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funkygunther

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CosmicComet said:
Literally no one advocating for free speech is under the delusion that you should be able to shit talk openly at work about the company and/or boss and expect to not be fired.
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And literally no-one advocating for free speech is under the delusion that Twitter shouldn't be able to ban anyone it doesn't like. I'm glad we can agree on this.
 
Chittagong

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This Space X thing is almost sweeter than the Twitter acquisition.

Blue haired employees delusionaly figured that they are on Twitter and not on a private space rocket company owned by a single man, and concluded they could use their usual god given mob tactics to suppress perceived wrong think.

Surprise bitches!

you’re fired
 
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Hero of Spielberg

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Smiggs said:
I don't think most people have forgotten it, they're just making a point about it. For the record, I totally support Elon having these people fired from a private company he runs--that's his right. Just like I support social media companies banning people or blocking comments that violate their TOS. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences, and we are seeing it in real time here. That applies to any private business.

Also, if Musk does end up buying Twitter, he will be able to ban any person he wants, for any reason--whether we perceive it as just or not. That will be his right as the owner. Would that be fair? Hell nah. Would it be totally legal? You betcha.
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Then what is the point? Is everyone on Twitter employed by Twitter? Being banned from Twitter and fired by your employer seem like 2 very different situations to me.
 
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