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In one week Trump returning to Twitter??? (Original Post) brettdale Oct 2022 OP
And the hits just keep on comin' intrepidity Oct 2022 #1
i really hope everyone leaves twitter after he buys it lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #2
Fuck Trump, fuck Twitter, and fuck Elon musk. That is all. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #3
☝️ THIS ☝️ InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2022 #8
+10000000000000000000!! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #9
Yup. And, it sounds like Elon Musk is going to fuck Twitter all by himself. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #13
Happy Halloween!!! Celerity Oct 2022 #4
Both are great... 2naSalit Oct 2022 #10
Both terrific northoftheborder Oct 2022 #16
Maybe Elon will want buy Truth Social as well and lay all them off to save the Backseat Driver Oct 2022 #5
TFG won't suffer if TS goes away. He didn't put in a cent of his own money no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #7
Likely most are AI bot programs anyway, but must be some employed humans Backseat Driver Oct 2022 #19
Yuck... Mike Nelson Oct 2022 #6
Aren't there Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #11
Hopefully he won't be quoted here ad nauseam. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #12
Agree northoftheborder Oct 2022 #15
Leaving Devin Nunes to chase tumbleweeds blowing through the halls at TruthSocial.... tanyev Oct 2022 #14
There is good news in that.... Happy Hoosier Oct 2022 #17
No evidence its actually happening brooklynite Oct 2022 #18

GoCubsGo

(32,098 posts)
13. Yup. And, it sounds like Elon Musk is going to fuck Twitter all by himself.
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:20 AM
Oct 2022

Lay off 3/4 of your staff? Good luck with that, idiot. I give Twitter year, two tops, before it starts circling the drain. Musk is just like Trump. He slaps his name on other people's work, and then trashes it when he gets his grubby fingers on it, because he's not as smart as he thinks he is. He did it to Tesla. He'll do it to Twitter, as well.

Backseat Driver

(4,400 posts)
5. Maybe Elon will want buy Truth Social as well and lay all them off to save the
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 04:34 AM
Oct 2022

little blue birdie workers, LOL! Wanna make a deal for your bots, TFG, so we can both win...LOL!

no_hypocrisy

(46,244 posts)
7. TFG won't suffer if TS goes away. He didn't put in a cent of his own money
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 05:14 AM
Oct 2022

to create it and keep it going.

Backseat Driver

(4,400 posts)
19. Likely most are AI bot programs anyway, but must be some employed humans
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 02:44 PM
Oct 2022

with social media titles likely paid the standard stagnant wage will need the bother to seek another gig if they want to pay their rent because they'll be redundant, no? I just like to fantasize both the gap or truthiness on their resumes...

Mike Nelson

(9,975 posts)
6. Yuck...
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 05:05 AM
Oct 2022

... I believe he will be a Twit, again. I don't read much there - unlike other social media places, Twitter seems all-political, to me. Also, there is stuff there that would be taken off FB, YouTube, etc... probably, The Donald would be able to post his lies w/o Twitter robots removing any... or you can click un-hide and read them. Musk seems like he will want the loser... and so many big figures have accounts and so many followers... they won't leave... they need those Mega-Thousands of Twitter followers to buy their books, watch their shows, and keep their Big Names in the news.

Dorian Gray

(13,514 posts)
11. Aren't there
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 06:26 AM
Oct 2022

regulatory issues that need to be resolved? Is this really closing in a week?

I know people like the twitter feed "Duty to warn," but none of the articles talking about Musk's proposed firing of UP TO 75% of the twitter workforce say that Trump WILL BE reinstated next week. That's their speculation based upon their increased warnings about his narcissistic behaviors.

While it MAY very well be true, and nothing would surprise me with Musk and Trump (I think both are horrible), I don't think that it's IMMINENT that Trump would come back to Twitter next week.

Maybe he'll prove me wrong with an "I'M BACK BITCHES!" first tweet. But to accept the terms to come back looks desperate for attention and acknowledging the social media platform he attached his name to is useless.

Happy Hoosier

(7,437 posts)
17. There is good news in that....
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 09:18 AM
Oct 2022

Truth Social will die almost instantly instantly, and Trumps backers will lose all their money. HAHAHAHA

My Twitter will go dormant is Musk actually closes the deal. I have my doubts.

brooklynite

(94,804 posts)
18. No evidence its actually happening
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 09:20 AM
Oct 2022

Musk is $9 Billion short in funding the purchase last time I checked. This seemed to be an effort to push off a scheduled deposition that Twitter wanted to hold for their lawsuit. If there were real negotiations underway, I think we'd be hearing about it.

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