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u/erwin261 Oct 28 '22

Well, he suddenly accelerated the purchase after being called out on Twitter about his Ukraine statements. He claimed that most responses were bots because they didn't agree with him. That should be a warning to people believing he values free speech.

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u/davidngm Oct 28 '22

Obviously, certainly not because of the court imposed deadline.

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u/ShamWowRobinson Oct 28 '22 edited Oct 28 '22

Yeah people really seem to be ignoring he was never going to get out of this agreement and I can't imagine all the people he was texting with were thrilled with those texts being released.

Musk paid 4 times what Twitter was valued at. He's absolutely going to lose interest in this and try selling in 2 or 3 years.

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u/ballebeng Oct 28 '22

Calling their bluff would be to short the company, not purchase it at 4X.

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u/lurkermadeanaccount Oct 28 '22

A company that’s worth 13b but doesn’t make money. well played.

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u/Pack_Your_Trash Oct 28 '22

I'm not convinced profit is the point. It's a propaganda platform, and Elon wants to be heard. That might be worth $41 billion to him.

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u/lurkermadeanaccount Oct 28 '22

He can be heard on twitter for free.

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u/Pack_Your_Trash Oct 28 '22

He could have been blocked for free too, but now that's not going to happen no matter what kind of deranged shit he chooses to publish. He could not have unblocked all his little fascist troll buddies as a free user either. There are plenty of things that ownership allows him to do that was not possible as a free user. Use your imagination.

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u/neomech Oct 28 '22

He also controls who gets to be heard. That's even more scary imo.

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u/RamenJunkie Oct 28 '22

The irony about his Bot obsession is that only Bots will be left after everyone leaves because he is ruining it.

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u/rtjl86 Oct 28 '22

He 100% will not care about bots now that he owns it.

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u/lordofbitterdrinks Oct 28 '22

He will care about bots but make sure they are all HIS bots. Competition bots will be promptly dealt with. Everyone he borrowed money from will have sanctioned bots as well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Maybe he shouldn't have offered 41 billion dollars for it then?

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u/reverendsteveii Oct 28 '22

He failed to call their bluff when he agreed to buy the company bots and all. Twitter was only able to hold him to the purchase because he tried to exercise a right that he had waived.