44b is for how much it was sold, Musk still got into a yearly billion interest, also Twitter estimated annual cost before aquisition was 5b iirc, also add all he's paying to fired people for severance or for legal disputes.
It's way more than 44b.
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It's way more than 44b.
I remember quite a few Web 1.0 forums run by an egomaniac that would rule with an iron fist and ban users that dared go against the dear leader. Looks like Elon is bringing us back full circle.
Yeah but did you take into account all those 8 dollar fees? I think not!
German Foreign Office at least doesn't seem to be amused.
View: https://twitter.com/AuswaertigesAmt/status/1603689087969411072
Translation said:
Because this is all a show.
If it hasn't been clear yet Musk is a troll, albeit a really a bad and unfunny one, and he's doing all this for LOL's and generate traffic to twitter. There is no doubt this is all personal for him and his ego is hurt, but lets not act like he's daft or unaware of things.
Damn, the Terminator was doxxing Sarah Connor hard.Assassination corrdinates
LOL.
View: https://twitter.com/wajahatali/status/1603580612195094530?s=61&t=qtlB9IUUpvUILGPVLgvIrQ
They must be burning the midnight oil writing up those articles for their substacks and Daily Wire
View: https://twitter.com/wajahatali/status/1603580612195094530?s=61&t=qtlB9IUUpvUILGPVLgvIrQ
They must be burning the midnight oil writing up those articles for their substacks and Daily Wire
Huh, so did I miss over the last day or so? ...Oh.
Freaking wild, and horrifying to see Twitter become such an unfriendly space thanks to the whims of a rich idiot.
I swear, the wealthiest need to be tested for financial responsibility and being in the right headspace to run things. His life would have been far better off if he had sold off all his stocks a year or so ago, and then he could have donated a chunk of it to whatever he wanted and lived a stress free life with his reputation largely intact. But these fuckers just got to have MORE.
Freaking wild, and horrifying to see Twitter become such an unfriendly space thanks to the whims of a rich idiot.
I swear, the wealthiest need to be tested for financial responsibility and being in the right headspace to run things. His life would have been far better off if he had sold off all his stocks a year or so ago, and then he could have donated a chunk of it to whatever he wanted and lived a stress free life with his reputation largely intact. But these fuckers just got to have MORE.
I don't think he's motivated by money in this instance. He wants power and adulation. And he wants that adulation from the type of people that absolutely would not respect a billionaire who retires and donates his fortune.
yup, you went after one of them, you went after all of them. i'm expecting just nonstop dunks from a lot more media outlets now.
I'm surprised he hasn't tried to style it already and been all "Liberal media happy to cancel people and restrict their speech on flimsy grounds but don't like it when it happens to them"
The longer there's no coherent strategy in space the more and more twitter will seem like an unviable space.
The longer there's no coherent strategy in space the more and more twitter will seem like an unviable space.
Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
It's clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices.
gizmodo.com
Spaces apparently isn't working at all since Elon ragequit.
View: https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos/status/1603740900005396480
They're all furiously hammering out articles about how Twitter is a private business so the first amendment protection for free speech doesn't apply here while their keyboards spontaneously burst into flames
Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
It's clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices.
Spaces apparently isn't working at all since Elon ragequit.
They doxxed his voice!
He's an idiot, there's a decent chance he genuinely didn't know about this. He didn't know that cryptocurrencies have a negative environmental impact until after making a big song and dance about accepting them for Tesla purchases (https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/2...pple-trial-arkham-subnautica-mutant-year-zero). That's like one of the big fundamental things about a topic that he claimed to be interested in, and he didn't know that. It really wouldn't surprise me if he didn't know about public flight trackers at least before getting a jet.
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Exactly! All he needs to do is convert like the entire population of France into paying that $8p/m and he'll be laughing all the way to the bank!
His need to feed his ego is crippling whatever smarts he does or doesn't have.
He isn't doing *this* for LOLs. He's been furious about @elonjet for ages. That wasn't trolling. He lashed out at it because he was in a sour mood after getting booed on stage and because a paparazzi harassed him (although he'll claim he's upset because his family was there, which is only true in so much as he can't stand being humiliated *in front of them*).
I'd recommend reading lots of dril tweets.
Vice-President for Values and Transparency in the EU Commission
View: https://twitter.com/VeraJourova/status/1603689440710369281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1603689440710369281%7Ctwgr%5Ecb8d34dfcd04f40dd7939c3e3ba05d950a15bc8d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesschau.de%2Fausland%2Feuropa%2Ftwitter-sperre-journalisten-103.html
News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying.
EU's Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom and fundamental rights.
This is reinforced under our #MediaFreedomAct.
elonmusk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.
View: https://twitter.com/VeraJourova/status/1603689440710369281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1603689440710369281%7Ctwgr%5Ecb8d34dfcd04f40dd7939c3e3ba05d950a15bc8d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesschau.de%2Fausland%2Feuropa%2Ftwitter-sperre-journalisten-103.html
News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying.
EU's Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom and fundamental rights.
This is reinforced under our #MediaFreedomAct.
elonmusk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.
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Musk going to "war" with Europe. Embracing American nationalism and America first. Complaining about globalism and the "people" with the real power. Eventually demanding Biden resigns and trying to help Republicans steal the 2024 elections by spreading lies and conspiracies about the Left and silencing Left voices. We have see all this shit before. They are all the same.
I believe that is just a question of time, like a cinema movie that is advertised as "coming soon"
Talking about red lines and soon implemented sanctions is a pretty clear message.
But, yes, lets see if they deliver, she is also just the Vice-President of a Commission.
Good thing is, Musk got rid of all Brussels lobbyists
Greenwald is already saying the left are hypocrites for getting mad about this.
I could realistically conceive of Elmo driving to a data center and pulling blades out to throw into walls.
Who cares about first amendment? Twitter is a global brand and in Europe we have rules that he has to apply.
He said it's down to fix a "Legacy bug" and should be back today--so it seems like he ragequit, then had Twitter take down spaces ASAP so they can fix the whole 'suspended people can join' thing.
Maybe Musk "shuts down" twitter in Europe, and really goes the american "FOX News" route.
That might lead to european media to open Mastodon servers, and officials would also switch on Mastodon servers.
Personally i would see that as a great outcome, i could switch to Mastodon.
That might lead to european media to open Mastodon servers, and officials would also switch on Mastodon servers.
Personally i would see that as a great outcome, i could switch to Mastodon.
To be fair that's a pretty major bug, I didn't catch Elon on the spaces but was on it when it went down, pretty wild to see Dan rather and libs of TikTok listening to the same call lol
At this point, I just made an account on mastodon.social (had to make it on a PC; trying via iOS made me go to a serve select for some reason), then followed a bunch of people I recognized from Twitter by just doing searches for them, and it seemed easy enough. Then I go to their follow lists and follow more people I recognize or look like I want to follow, and I'm already in a pretty decent spot. Things seemed a lot more barren and complex a few weeks ago, but now I'm not noticing any friction in my main timeline there.
If there was a real alternative Twitter would be a ghost town, unfortunately doesn't seem like there is right now