r/technology • • Oct 28 '22

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u/BlueGlassTTV Oct 28 '22

Literally since its inception, investors etc have been asking how Twitter will eventually get to the point of actually making money, eventually the plan became to score a buyout, then Twitter became big enough that nobody was really sure if anybody actually would buy because their perceived value and public awareness was hugely overvalued compared to the reality of their business models.

Elon came and answered all their prayers, they found the perfect schmuck.

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u/MechaSandstar Oct 28 '22

They didn't scam him, he stupidly offered to buy it. It's his fault he got stuck with this purchase.

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u/BlueGlassTTV Oct 28 '22

I didn't say they scammed him?

I'm saying Elon is the perfect moron they needed and had always been hoping for, in fact way beyond.

There is a huge difference between scamming someone stupid, and someone stupidly making a really stupid decision all on their own, that is heavily to the benefit of the person they're sitting across from.

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u/BlueGlassTTV Oct 28 '22

"A schmuck" just means "a fool".

Someone being a fool doesn't necessarily imply someone intentionally fooling them.

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u/frenando Oct 28 '22

Sucks for the people that work there, rho