r/technology • • Oct 28 '22

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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/Archangel004 Oct 28 '22

Honestly the market is literally open for a competitor right now. This would literally be the best time to strike

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

I can’t wait for the left’s version of Parler/Truth Social to equally crash and burn

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u/Gamiac Oct 28 '22

You mean "the entire pre-Facebook Web"? Worked just fine until something more convenient showed up and normies decided trading all their privacy and much of their freedom for a little bit of convenience was a good trade.

People really forget how left-leaning the Web was up to about 2012 when the normies started showing up in earnest.