Elon f*cks Twitter

[Free]

A lot of his fanbois are begging him to just buy Twitter.

 

[Sid]

He can always go to that new huge 45 thingy.
It is said to be the best ever.

 

[Essence Lumin]

He can always go to that new huge 45 thingy.
It is said to be the best ever.

My thoughts exactly. TFG might even sell it to him for cheap if he's tired of it. Hell, he could buy twitter if he wanted and they were willing to sell. He has far more than the 13 billion Twitter is said to be worth.

 

[Sid]

Would you buy Twitter if you had that kind of money?
Not me. At least half of the price is thin air IMHO.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Would you buy Twitter if you had that kind of money?
Not me. At least half of the price is thin air IMHO.

Hell no, but then I pretty much only look at it when I see a link here. On the other hand, from his perspective it would be a lot cheaper to hire competent coders (which TFG is incapable of doing) and recreating the code. He'll fall into the same free speech illusions that anyone else would though whether it is Twitter, TFG's clone or his own. Why he thinks making his own twitter will be any different than the real twitter as far as the SEC goes I have no idea.

 

[Free]

Would you buy Twitter if you had that kind of money?
Not me. At least half of the price is thin air IMHO.

But then you don't think like a billionaire.

 

[Isabeau]

Yeah, sure Musky Schlong, it’s for freedom of speech…

Musk is seeking to end oversight by the SEC of his Twitter posts, claiming the agreement is being used to “trample” his rights to free speech. He is also asking the court to block a subpoena by the securities regulator for documents relating to the review of his tweets.

Under the SEC settlement agreement, the regulator will distribute funds from the company and Musk to investors who lost money buying Tesla shares after Musk claimed on Twitter he was thinking about taking the company public.

 

[Noodles]

Would you buy Twitter if you had that kind of money?
Not me. At least half of the price is thin air IMHO.

If I had "Elon Money", I would but Twitter for 13 Billion, then just tell the staff to roll the code back to when it was like, 2013 or so, when Twitter was more fun.

 

[Free]

So basically, Elon GOT his own Twitter through the only method that matters: money.

Now he wants to start fixing it:

Elon Musk, Twitter’s largest shareholder, polls followers for an edit button

Tweets, but editable.

www.theverge.com

Does he believe nobody catches your unedited (well, undeleted) tweets now?

 

[Essence Lumin]

So basically, Elon GOT his own Twitter through the only method that matters: money.

Now he wants to start fixing it:

Elon Musk, Twitter’s largest shareholder, polls followers for an edit button

Tweets, but editable.

www.theverge.com

Does he believe nobody catches your unedited (well, undeleted) tweets now?

He could have posts show the word edited and how long ago if the changes the user made to the post were longer than three or so minutes. I suggest calling edits less than that amount of time a ninja edit.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

So basically, Elon GOT his own Twitter through the only method that matters: money.

Now he wants to start fixing it:

Elon Musk, Twitter’s largest shareholder, polls followers for an edit button

Tweets, but editable.

www.theverge.com

Does he believe nobody catches your unedited (well, undeleted) tweets now?

Was talking to a friend last night about how this is a good example of how NOT rich Trump really is... he probably would have done this if he really had that kind of cash.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Culture Ship Name VFP My own personal Twitter.

 

[Free]

 

[Noodles]

God of all the shit I have avoided on Twitter in like 16 years of being on there, Elon becoming the owner might be the thing I actually delete accounts and leave over.

 

[Free]

Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all

Musk appears to have changed his mind

www.theverge.com

So, any theories as to why he's not taking up the mantle?

It involves real work? He won't really get to boss people around like he does at Tesla/XSpace? Doesn't draw in the chicks like he thought it would?

 

[Grandma Bates]

Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all

Musk appears to have changed his mind

www.theverge.com

So, any theories as to why he's not taking up the mantle?

It involves real work? He won't really get to boss people around like he does at Tesla/XSpace? Doesn't draw in the chicks like he thought it would?

Probably a couple reasons. First, as a member of the board he may have faced limits about what he could discuss about twitter by the SEC. If so, that would be a delicious irony. Many of those same regulations also kick in once you own 10% or more of the stock in a company, and Musk was careful to stay under that threshold. Also, the investors in his other companies were likely unhappy at the idea of taking time away to play games at another company for which he had a minority stake and had little to do with anything other than his precious ego.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

I am sure it's the regulations and restrictions he would have been forced to conform to as a board member.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Probably a couple reasons. First, as a member of the board he may have faced limits about what he could discuss about twitter by the SEC.

In his letter stating that Musk declined a board position, the CEO seems to be suggesting that was the reason they really really wanted him to be on the board:

 

[Sid]

Musk doesn't want his own Twitter anymore. He just wants Twitter.
So Musk lets his money talk

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in takeover attempt

Twitter needs to go private for the changes needed.

www.theverge.com

Only 43 billion dollars involved.

 

[WolfEyes]

In his letter stating that Musk declined a board position, the CEO seems to be suggesting that was the reason they really really wanted him to be on the board:

Don't you just love explanations that don't explain anything?