Republicans just bought twitter

[brettdale]

Link to tweet

[applegrove]

1. I see a My Space situation happening. You remember once My Space

was bigger than Facebook. Then Murdoch bought it and liberals said 'no thank you'. And everyone moved to Facebook. Time to join Instagram.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Is that what happened to it?

I have never been into social media but I do remember some of my students had My Space back in 2008 then it seemed to disappear.

[applegrove]

7. After Murdoch bought it. Shhh! Nobody is allowed to say it out loud.

Murdoch and the very serious financial reporters deny it. I never was on MtSpace. But it was the bigger one when Murdoch bought it. I joined facebook a while later. I never considered joining MySpace because Murdoch owned it. Murdoch was the biggest right wing goon at the time. That was before Trump or McConnell or dominated.

[SunSeeker]

6. If you're on Facebook you're probably already on Instagram. Facebook owns Instagram.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram

[GoCubsGo]

15. Instagram is already the preferred platform of the younger crowd from what I've read.

Too bad it's owned by Facebook. But, yeah. If this asshole gets his way, Twitter's downward trend is going to turn into a tailspin. I'm thinking he just pissed away a ton of money here. Good.

[58Sunliner]

2. Not good for democracy.

May be time to drop twitter.

[2naSalit]

3. +1

Somehow I think I'm glad I don't participate in that platform.

[malaise]

10. Ditto

same with Facebook

[2naSalit]

16. Indeed.

I have email, a phone for which I use to text or call only, and I come here to post and read/watch. Not interested in all that other stuff. Somehow I had a feeling it would end up big one big bite in the butt for everyone who use such platforms.

[blueinredohio]

13. Agreed 1000 percent!!!

[efhmc]

4. They may have little or nothing left if they try any of their fascists' tricks.

[calimary]

8. Oh brother...

[canetoad]

9. Taken a stake....

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Has A New Nemesis: Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Singer

A battle of the billionaires may be starting at Twitter.

Hedge funder Paul Singer has taken in a stake in the social media company—and now wants to replace Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO and grab four board seats.

Dorsey is an unconventional CEO, splitting his time running both $26 billion (market cap) Twitter and $36 billion Square, the digital payments company. This arrangement is part of the reason that Singer’s firm Elliott Management is pushing for change. Another is Dorsey’s stated desire to move to Africa, according to Bloomberg. For now, the size of Elliott Management’s stake in Twitter isn’t known, and a Elliott Management spokesman declined to comment. Twitter also declined to comment.
The New York Times 2014 DealBook Conference

Singer’s been a busy guy lately. Over the past year, he’s built up a $25 billion stake in SoftBank after its WeWork investment decimated its shares and one in AT&T. Singer, who founded Elliott Management in 1977, is one of Wall Street’s most revered—and feared—investors. In the past, his adversaries have been entire countries, most famously a years-long campaign to get Argentina to pay up on its bonds.
Singer and the other debtholders largely won that fight. In 2016, Argentina agreed to pay $4.75 billion, three-quarters of what was owed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/02/29/twitters-jack-dorsey-has-a-new-nemesis-hedge-fund-billionaire-paul-singer/

Bonus: Writer of this article has an interesting twitter feed. https://twitter.com/abebrown716

[scarletwoman]

11. Well, crap! (nt)

[eilen]

12. I quit Twitter last Fall. It is a cesspool.

It is the preferred arena for Trump to communicate to "his people." I choose not to support a platform for that asshole.

[maxrandb]

14. Everything Donnie Shit for Brains touches DIES!

I won't shed a tear for Twitler.

Just like Germany, we're going to have to denazify when this Retrumplican shitshow is over.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Guess I'll be using it even less than I have been...

I don't remember if I've ever actually posted anything to it, and I only follow a handful of people.

[live love laugh]

18. Social media is Republicans greatest threat.

This is a huge impact on diminishing the threat.

[rockfordfile]

19. leave it and come up with a alternative. Remember what happen to MySpace?