Elon Musk buys and ruins Twitter

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Pure retaliation for how they operated through the sale process.

I am sure. Now I have to decide what I am going to do with my Twitter account when he lets Trump et al back on.

 

[urban genie]

mastodon rubbbing their hands waiting for an influx of new members

 

[Bluemanc100]

I think the sacking of executives and marching them out of the building is just the sort of performance I would expect from Musk and really quite pathetic. Imagine if his "investment" lost value.

Does he actually care? He’s worth over $200 billion

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I am sure. Now I have to decide what I am going to do with my Twitter account when he lets Trump et al back on.

Same. I think I will just delete. I spend too much time on it anyway.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I think the sacking of executives and marching them out of the building is just the sort of performance I would expect from Musk and really quite pathetic. Imagine if his "investment" lost value.

He is guaranteed to lose money. He is getting involved for political reasons - that never translates to profit. Especially if its the politics of far right arseholery.

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

He is guaranteed to lose money. He is getting involved for political reasons - that never translates to profit. Especially if its the politics of far right arseholery.

This is the worrying thing. I don't think this end well. Too much power in one autistic mans hands

 

[malg]

This is the worrying thing. I don't think this end well. Too much power in one autistic mans hands

As opposed to too much power in the hands of the people who previously ran it.

It's all bollocks. I just enjoy the meltdowns. It's now time for the Guardian lot to have meltdowns.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

As opposed to too much power in the hands of the people who previously ran it.

It's all bollocks. I just enjoy the meltdowns. It's now time for the Guardian lot to have meltdowns.

Do you never get bored of looking for what others think before forming your own opinion?

 

[mexico1970]

Do you never get bored of looking for what others think before forming your own opinion?

Can you tweet that so people can contextualise your opinion?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

How Elon Musk financed his $44bn Twitter takeover

Billionaire used personal assets, investment funds and bank loans to seal purchase of social media giant.

www.aljazeera.com

He is unlikely to make it a free speech free-for-all if he wants to generate the profits he needs to be able to pay back the loans.

He'll need to snaffle up advertising revenue from rivals like Meta and Alphabet and partner with other companies (or complete other takeovers) to turn it into "X" the superapp.

He doesn't have any interests in logistics or retail etc, they aren't going to join the party if it is just one big 4chan.