Musk won't buy twitter?

[Tomconroy]

Link to tweet

China and europe are problematic, I guess.

[TlalocW]

1. Oh, man...

I'm not a doom-and-gloomer about Musk taking over Twitter, but if this doesn't happen, one of the religious nuts who thinks he's a prophet that I follow on YouTube is going to be crushed... and it will be HILARIOUS.

TlalocW

[Frasier Balzov]

2. You mean to tell me

that Musk and his team did not recognize and carefully weigh all these factors already?

This strains my credulity.

[Tomconroy]

3. "I'm not saying I have all the answers here"

The New Yorker Daily Newsletter
Wednesday, April 27, 2022



Elon Musk Thinks Social Media Isn’t Rocket Science
Musk has presented himself as a defender of free speech on Twitter. What exactly does he mean?



To a certain subset of the population, Elon Musk knows it all. These folks are reply guys, people who fawn over each of the entrepreneur’s latest pronouncements and frantically wave their hands online, hoping to get his attention. Yet even Musk’s most devoted acolytes could be forgiven for entertaining some doubts about their man right now. Earlier this month, after he announced his intention to buy Twitter, he was asked about his specific vision for what he called “an inclusive arena for free speech.” “Well, I think we would want to err on the—if in doubt, let the speech—let it exist,” he said. “I’m not saying that I have all the answers here.” On that last point, as Andrew Marantz writes, in a probing analysis of what the future of Twitter may look like now that the company has accepted Musk’s “takeover bid equivalent to the G.D.P. of Turkmenistan,” there is little reason for doubt. The qualities that have helped make Musk into a Twitter super-user—or super-troll—aren’t necessarily the foundational attributes you’d hope for in the leader of a de-facto town square.

—Ian Crouch, newsletter editor

[Caliman73]

11. It isn't rocket science. Rocket science while demanding, has finite variables.

If you understand physics and calculus (and I am sure other mathematical fields) then you can do rocket science.

Predicting and managing human behavior is something entirely different. Many more variables and unpredictable and unknowable things going on when you are talking about what makes us tick. Certainly, many people can get into a niche and make a good living out of selling things to us, but when you are talking about bottling and selling engagement and interaction for profit, then you are getting into a lot of grey area.

[SheltieLover]

4. I hope hs doesn't buy it &, frankly, no one person should be allowed

But, I'm sure his goal is to reinstate tfg's account.

His main goal is more $, and by not paying taxes...

[TlalocW]

9. There's a school of thought

That TFG can't go back on Twitter without torpedoing Truth Social into even worse financial straits than it already is in, and that would open him up to lawsuits by investors.

TlalocW

[SheltieLover]

14. Hahaha!

Good! Thx for sharing! I've been intentionally ignoring a lot of the news since hbp dx.

[LittleGirl]

5. I wonder if there were mass resignations? Nt

[tinrobot]

12. Tesla's stock price fell off a cliff because of the deal.

His net worth also dropped. He'll have to spend a greater percentage of his total worth to make the deal happen.

[DFW]

6. I don't have a lot in comon with Elon Musk

But we would be of one mind on this, if he backs out.

I won't be buying Twitter, either.

[Samrob]

7. Did they already make their money shoring....? nt

[hlthe2b]

8. Some days I love the "law of unintended consequences"

at least in this case....

[Tommy Carcetti]

10. Elon Musk is basically Kramer's "H.E. Pennypacker" alter ego from Seinfeld.

"I've changed my mind. I think I'm going to build a rollercoaster instead."

[geardaddy]

13. Totally!

[liberalmediaaddict]

15. He's in too deep now

It would be personally humiliating for him to admit he failed. Kind of like Putin and Ukraine. Musk's ego makes him think he's entitled to run Twitter. I can't see him giving up his favorite new toy.