Twitter

[MrLobster]

They've entered the "Hunt the Mole" phase of new management... this will be fine.

[WorzelG]

They've entered the "Hunt the Mole" phase of new management... this will be fine.

I thought he'd told everyone they HAD to go into the office a few days ago??? I actually think someone may be onto something when they said Elon Musk has actually been paid by 'people' or shady organisations / countries to shut Twitter down. No idea why though.

The blue tick thing is a nightmare though, so many people have got them you can't tell who's verified anymore

[botley]

I actually think someone may be onto something when they said Elon Musk has actually been paid by 'people' or shady organisations / countries to shut Twitter down. No idea why though.

The shady organisation / country is the United States of America and its centuries-long program of rewarding mediocre men with billions for repeatedly fucking things up over and over and over and over. No unseen, conspiratorial, Shady Cabal™ explanation necessary. That is how the system works and has always worked. It's working.

[WorzelG]

The shady organisation / country is the United States of America and its centuries-long program of rewarding mediocre men with billions for repeatedly fucking things up over and over and over and over. No unseen, conspiratorial, Shady Cabal™ explanation necessary. That is how the system works and has always worked. It's working.

i always assumed Elon Musk was an inventor, not that he just bought things. He's clearly fucking Twitter up, to be honest I think it would be a good thing because Twitter is so hostile.

[allegate]

i always assumed Elon Musk was an inventor, not that he just bought things. He's clearly fucking Twitter up, to be honest I think it would be a good thing because Twitter is so hostile.

Yeah, that's what he wants you to think. Google Elon Musk Emerald for how he got his start. A whole lot of right place / right time / lots of money.

Linked tweets are going to be broken soon, aren't they?

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all a joke to him, I guess

[allegro]

Yeah, that's what he wants you to think. Google Elon Musk Emerald for how he got his start.

Have you ever seen the Anonymous video?

I thought he'd told everyone they HAD to go into the office a few days ago??? I actually think someone may be onto something when they said Elon Musk has actually been paid by 'people' or shady organisations / countries to shut Twitter down. No idea why though.

Yesterday, Musk gave the remaining employees an ultimatum that they all had to decide if they were going to leave or stay; hundreds of them quit late last night; most of them were in important tech positions necessary to keep Twitter running. Total shit show.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/17/t...ine/index.html

People were up late last night believing it was Twitter’s last night.

[otnavuskire]

I thought he'd told everyone they HAD to go into the office a few days ago??? I actually think someone may be onto something when they said Elon Musk has actually been paid by 'people' or shady organisations / countries to shut Twitter down. No idea why though.

They would have had to pay him more than $44 billion to do it, since that's what he paid for Twitter. If you actually think someone would have actually paid more than $44 billion just to shut twitter down you're insane.

[WorzelG]

They would have had to pay him more than $44 billion to do it, since that's what he paid for Twitter. If you actually think someone would have actually paid more than $44 billion just to shut twitter down you're insane.

I just find it hard to believe anyone could be this bad without a reason

[otnavuskire]

I just find it hard to believe anyone could be this bad without a reason

Musk is not some rich genius. He inherited his money and made some lucky investments which made him famous and he tricked the public into believing he came up with the idea.

Plus, if he were actually doing this intentionally, he’d likely be going to prison for a long time. Defrauding investors and whatnot.

[botley]

They would have had to pay him more than $44 billion to do it, since that's what he paid for Twitter. If you actually think someone would have actually paid more than $44 billion just to shut twitter down you're insane.

They're called the IRS. It's a tax write-off. Look at Trump's tax returns. Elon sure did.

[otnavuskire]

They're called the IRS. It's a tax write-off. Look at Trump's tax returns. Elon sure did.

$44 billion is not a tax write off. Even for him. And again, if he’s tanking twitter intentionally, he’s going to prison. A lot of that $44 billion was from investors. This would be a clear case of defrauding investors.

[botley]

$44 billion is not a tax write off. Even for him. And again, if he’s tanking twitter intentionally, he’s going to prison. A lot of that $44 billion was from investors. This would be a clear case of defrauding investors.

I agree but it is a very convenient money pit for him to say "well, we tried an aggressive strategy" and spread out the inevitable losses over several years against his other income. It happens to very closely align with his interests in other areas too.

People forget that a lot of Tesla was built on an Obama-era government backed loan of around $500 million.

[allegro]

I agree but it is a very convenient money pit for him to say "well, we tried an aggressive strategy" and spread out the inevitable losses over several years against his other income. It happens to very closely align with his interests in other areas too.

People forget that a lot of Tesla was built on an Obama-era government backed loan of around $500 million.

Exactly. He never uses his own money. Twitter wasn’t even WORTH a fraction of $44 billion, so who the hell were these IDIOT investors? Were they really investing in Twitter? Or were they investing in Truth Social, and this was a catch and kill?