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

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Elon is the wealthiest person ever. He will bend Twitter to help all his existing businesses increase his wealth, all while making more money doing so. How could you possibly think otherwise?

Not "ever" for sure...[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa

People always like to point to this guy, but he was a warlord. There's something to be said for a not-warlord achieving anything close.

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

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> This was almost certainly done by a lawyer working on his behalf. Are you arguing that when he signs his name and certifies that the (short) form is "true, complete and correct" that he is not responsible because the form was prepared by an attorney of his? > being seized upon by the media How did "the media" seize on this? When I last checked, there were zero articles. And even if they had, why wouldn't discussion…

Does it matter? Was there any consequence of filling out a form then doing something different? I have heard it several times already today, but so what a form was filled out wrong, is there any consequence to that that anybody would care about? (I doubt anybody complaining about it actually knows anything about how important it is, it’s just being latched on to because it’s a way to match events with preexisting opi…

13Ds and Gs have different filing thresholds and requirements

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

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This is the biggest thing to happen to twitter since the trump presidency. Both big for twitter, and awful for society.

So society is that dependent on twitter?

I don't know where the implication that society is dependent on twitter is hidden in my comment. But no, society isn't dependent on twitter, is it relevant to society? Certainly.

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

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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.

Elon is just one of the board directors. I was wondering why people believe that he will have such sweeping power to change Twitter.

Depends on how much the rest of the board really feels like arguing with Elon. Keep in mind these people have jobs outside of Twitter.

https://investor.twitterinc.com/corporate-governance/board-o...

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

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post #329

This is the biggest thing to happen to twitter since the trump presidency. Both big for twitter, and awful for society.

So society is that dependent on twitter?

Twitter is largely responsible for shaping media perspective and narrative, so yea, I'd say society is pretty dependent on twitter.

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

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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465...

Nowhere on that page does it say anything about being a passive investor?

it is the bold "13G" at the top of the page.

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

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Good for TWTR but not great for its employees given how Elon runs his companies.

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His companies compensate engineers below market, does he not?

Also- weird take that both of your examples seem to focus on one specific genre of role. I’ve dealt with many more useless software engineering and product managers on a day-to-day basis than HR-types, who are there if you want/need to contact them or in the background if you don’t.

Maybe Musk would benefit from them, actually …especially considering Tesla has been ordered to pay $137 million to a single worker for demonstrated cases of racism and now the state of California is suing the company for widespread abuse and harassment

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22710279/tesla-racism-fre...

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

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I know it's not popular but I like the fact that he's annoyed and did something about it.

"doing something about it" is a privilege awarded by wealth, not competency. He could have installed someone with experience in free speech advocacy and policy but he took it for himself. People need to seriously understand that being good at one thing doesnt make you good at all things. There are people who dedicate their entire careers to understanding the challenges of enacting "free speech" (which is often more complicated than just "no moderation"). Elon Musk not that, he is the guy with 5 companies who is mad that people dont like him.
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