So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

bertiebomber

Elon Musk is a special type of troll himself except he makes vast sums of money when he trolls, Go Elon buy twitter he contributes the exact same amount of money to Democrats as he does to Republicans. He is a type of moderate / centrist so I don't think he is the saviour of twitter, but, he might allow some balanced twittering which would be like the good old days before the alphabet people took total control of the narrative . !

bertiebomber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118932115#Comment_118932115

it will lead to law suits if they de value the shares by doubling the share holding

bertiebomber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118937637#Comment_118937637

Ah Woody Allen did it they like these behaviours in Hollyweird, keep it in the family & all that !!

riclad

I don't think he, ll buy it as he has most of his money in tesla stocks, other large shareholders do not want him to buy twitter, he just likes to break the rules like a meme lord, he says he does not know if he can buy it. I think he uses twitter as his own pr agency to promote digital coins and the latest tesla products if he sold his stocks now he'd make a large profit I think he's been married 2 or 3 times and now his ex girlfriend grimes is in a relationship with a woman. He' s annoyed because the Sec says his tweets about tesla must be approved by officials at tesla to show they are in compliance with company law Re investments

Ham_Sandwich

if Elon buys twitter it will be flooded with nazis led by trump, hopefully they'll get the place shut down

riclad

I think he wants twitter to allow more right wing trolls or idiots to post fake news or he does not understand how moderation works Every social media service had to ban users or remove posts that are extreme, false, violent or racist

Normal people can post on twitter if they

follow the rules and don't post garbage or extreme content eg don't be a moron

Penn

Guys, he's not trying to spend 40bn+ of his own money (possibly including selling shares in Tesla or SpaceX to fund it) because he believes in free speech, or wants to annoy lefties, or to allow Trump back on Twitter, or to combat fake news. He's doing it (or threatening to do it) because he believes he will make more money by affecting share prices.

Musk has regularly used Twitter to put out statements which has affected share prices of his companies (something which has gotten him in trouble with the SEC which investigates market manipulation). Now he's literally doing it with Twitter itself.

silverharp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118950054#Comment_118950054

he isnt spending 40bn , more like 10bn, another 10bn from investors and borrow another 10bn off the other amounts. He is a 1 man marketing dept which is great to watch. literally doing the work of a 100 people while taking a dump. I dont think this is about turning a profit in a mechanical way though, he sees a way to improve the platform. Even Jack Dorsey has been complaining about Twitter

Fandymo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118929107#Comment_118929107

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Dingaan

He does have a great sense of humour!!

Elon Musk on Twitter: "https://t.co/Gw6xaw1u0N" / Twitter

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118952090#Comment_118952090

This is the exact type of post you complained about on an adjacent thread this morning.

Mike Murdock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118950149#Comment_118950149

Reading more about Dorsey from people that know him, he seems genuinely conflicted about Twitter and quite melancholy about what it has become.

seamus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118950054#Comment_118950054

Wait till you see, he'll get as far as he can with this to pump up the share price, then sell off most of his stake, collapsing the buyout deal and the share price but not before he walks away with a huge profit from his sold shares.

Stock markets are fickle and investors by and large not particularly bright. If I owned shares in Twitter I'd be dumping them myself now.

NaFirinne

Twitter and a lot of our online social media are full of Bots pretending to be people and have the ability to influence the world. Making the Algorithim open source is a good idea so it becomes more transparent.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960303#Comment_118960303

same thing hes being doing with bitcoin, pump and dump!

BruteStock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960303#Comment_118960303

Why stop there, keep going. Tell us how all his passionate interviews and Ted talks have been a lie. He has no principles and stands for nothing, right? Wrong.

He wouldnt have the support of Jack Dorcey if he was only in it for financial gain. You just hate the idea of Musk owning Twitter and like a lot of people, are praying that it doesn't happen. That's simply all there is too it.

TomTomTim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960430#Comment_118960430

The "Twitter is a private company it can do whatever it wants" argument is going to die a fast death if Musk takes over, proving that these people never believed in that position in the first place, and only used it because it was convenient to do so.

DarkJager21

Hope he buys it and then pulls the ultimate troll of just shutting it down. Twitter is pure cancer.

BruteStock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960493#Comment_118960493

The corruption within the board is being exposed for all the world to see. As they are fighting tooth and nail to fend off Musk for fear they lose a powerful tool in which they can and have used to control the flow of information.

seamus

You just hate the idea of Musk owning Twitter

I don't give a fvck tbh. Like facebook, Twitter's time in the sun will come to an end and something else will come in.

I don't hate Musk, I just see him for the narcissistic sociopath that he is. He has a lot of influencing power and he wields it for his own personal amusement. Like most multi-billionaire CEOs, as a human being he's a complete horrorshow and not someone that should ever be considered a role model or a moral authority. Jobs and Bezos are/were two similar scumbags, but virtually all of these billionaires are the same.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960543#Comment_118960543

wouldnt go as far as calling him a sociopath, but definitely narcissistic, a common trait of the wealthy

seamus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960393#Comment_118960393

And the lads who fantasise about sucking Musk's cock will all pivot on the idea that he was ever going to buy Twitter, and declare it a genius move. Gotta show dem libs.

seamus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960552#Comment_118960552

Nah, the stories that come out about how he treats his employees and his attitude to vehicle safety speak for themselves. He pushed for the whole "self-drive" labelling on vehicles that were never ready for it, and on a technical level the stuff Tesla are churning out are complete sh1te. Cars failing right, left and centre. Dead people don't matter to Musk though so long as the money's rolling in.

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960556#Comment_118960556

Pretty offensive post. No place for homophobic comments on boards. I am not permitted to report this post but hopefully a moderator spots this.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960568#Comment_118960568

oh ive no doubt hes a right arsehole to work for, as narcissists are, but im still not convinced of him being a sociopath

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960571#Comment_118960571

i dont think so!

BruteStock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960543#Comment_118960543

I don't know anyone who ever considered Musk a role model or moral authority. He was however a respected forward thinking progressive. After advocating for free Speech and making jokes on twitter he became a an enemy for people who hate the right. There's a desperate attempt to pretend that Musk is only in it to manipulate the stock market because advocating for free Speech is a talking point associated withe the right.

growleaves

I don't particularly like Musk or the lionization he receives.

The desperation to ban Trump from social media platforms shows up the insecurity of people who oppose him.

He must be a strong candidate if it's necessary to censor him. Otherwise why bother.

Varik

One of the reason a board could refuse to allow a vote is they think he's either not serious or doesn't have the money, the poison pill plans kinda negates that thought.

Musk has also filed with the SEC listing where it's all coming from now, commitments from big names.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118961117#Comment_118961117

...or the realisation that hes the big fcuking cnut to ever get involved in politics, a typical cluster b narcissist, completely self interested, at all costs!

seamus

In case anyone is still labouring under the impression that Musk is some kind of technical genius rather than just a gigantic ego;

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518359943967121408?s=20&t=gZFQFqbqGeRV_r14PbF_oA

It's one thing for your regular CEO to come out with stupid sh1t, but this guy has pinned his credentials to being a "tech entrepreneur" and would like to have you believe that he personally oversaw the development of SpaceX rockets. He's even got a degree in physics. A 12 year old who thought about it for 30 seconds could tell you why he's wrong.