Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors • Hacker News Board

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by mostertoaster » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:01 PM UTC

justapassenger wrote: post #42

elicash wrote: post #13

He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…

Misleading investors is one of Elon’s main jobs. And he’ll continue doing so, as we doesn’t face any consequences for it (expect for becoming ultra rich).

I dont know about electric cars, but what Elon did with space x is simply incredible.

Commercial space flights were becoming rarer and rarer out of the US, and now it is the most common.

The price of space flight while still high, was reduced by a huge percentage.

I’m sure he told many lies to get there. But economics and physics don’t really lie.

I like him for the reasons I like Kanye, Bernie Sanders, and Trump (though I only voted for the first). Just says crazy things, but some of them are just truths that we’ve all chosen to ignore it don’t like to accept.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:01 PM UTC

andrew_ wrote: post #52

JamesAdir wrote: post #9

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Elon is his one of his new bosses, I would take anything the CEO says with a grain of salt.

I give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.

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Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:01 PM UTC

AustinDev wrote: post #147

andrew_ wrote: post #52

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I give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.

An employee exodus from Twitter would only be a good thing in my eyes. They're all too ideological from my experience.

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Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by jimnotgym » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:03 PM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #144

jermaustin1 wrote: post #44

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> an Elon-run Twitter would be a lot more profitable. I'm not so sure about that. He doesn't have a lot of experience with running ad sales. His big breaks have been PayPal (kind of), Tesla and SpaceX. None of which were social, none of which were "free".

So you think he got 3 lucky breaks when with electronic payments, electric cars, and space rockets, and Twitter is too hard?

He got a lucky break with payments that allowed him to try his luck on the other two

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by beaconstudios » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:03 PM UTC

AustinDev wrote: post #147

andrew_ wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.

An employee exodus from Twitter would only be a good thing in my eyes. They're all too ideological from my experience.

The company will still be ideological, but will simply follow Musk's ideology. Whether that's good or not depends on if you agree with him - I don't.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by OscarCunningham » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:03 PM UTC

mostertoaster wrote: post #161

justapassenger wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Misleading investors is one of Elon’s main jobs. And he’ll continue doing so, as we doesn’t face any consequences for it (expect for becoming ultra rich).

I dont know about electric cars, but what Elon did with space x is simply incredible. Commercial space flights were becoming rarer and rarer out of the US, and now it is the most common. The price of space flight while still high, was reduced by a huge percentage. I’m sure he told many lies to get there. But economics and physics don’t really lie. I like him for the reasons I like Kanye, Bernie Sanders, and Trump (th…

If only there was a way to filter the signal from the noise. Maybe if we locked them in a room together?

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by andrewtbham » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

claaams wrote: post #125

justapassenger wrote: post #42

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Misleading investors is one of Elon’s main jobs. And he’ll continue doing so, as we doesn’t face any consequences for it (expect for becoming ultra rich).

This. He lies constantly about his products, intentions and behaviors and faces no repercussions. But stocks go brr so who cares

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Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by drstewart » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #31

I am beyond tired of billionaires, who get to treat companies, public sentiment, and politics, and thus a fair portion of government and policy, as their personal sandbox. Greed and oligarchy are ruining America.

What specifically has Elon buying shares in Twitter done to use it as his personal sandbox that has ruined America? Give examples.

I'm beyond tired of the hyperbole and hysteria any time . And I can back my assertion up with an example: you.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by 01100011 » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

justapassenger wrote: post #42

elicash wrote: post #13

He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…

Misleading investors is one of Elon’s main jobs. And he’ll continue doing so, as we doesn’t face any consequences for it (expect for becoming ultra rich).

The SEC has been asleep for years now. Every week we see market whales pulling gamma squeezes and pumping tech stocks higher and higher. The market is a joke at this point.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by beeboop » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:05 PM UTC

candiddevmike wrote: post #128

cloutchaser wrote: post #71

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Quite a wrecking ball creating Tesla and SpaceX. Lots of destruction there. /s

Just a few cars driving themselves into concrete barricades. Probably some kind of metaphor there.

Good thing cars that aren't from Tesla never malfunction in lethal ways.

If you ignore the 89 deaths from Toyota vehicle acceleration issues, 271 deaths from Ford's faulty tires in the 90s, 303 dead from GM's faulty ignition switches, 478 deaths from Fiat's engines exploding, and 823 deaths from Ford's Bronco tipping over at speeds as slow as 20MPH.