Good for TWTR but not great for its employees given how Elon runs his companies.
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Our VP of Pronouns is going to be pissed when she reads this.
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
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#362Elon 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?
What would be the point?
What's the point of him being on the board of Twitter? Doesn't have enough going on otherwise?
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>He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor No he didn't.
He filed 13g instead of 13d. Any activist investors who want to influence the course of the company get involved in proxy fights , change the board should not file 13g that is only for passive investment. There was discussion yesterday whether him polling his followers last week about twitter and social media was activism. Joining the board certainly is.
My question is why??
13d doesn't seem to make a difference so why file the other.
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#364I have obviously missed something but what is the main objection to Musk being part of Twitter's board?
None; sounds like a good change for Twitter and probably the best thing that happened to their board in quite some time. I did laugh out loud when I heard about this yesterday. There is a more than a bit of history between Elon Musk and his many detractors and a lot of that involves Twitter. So, Elon Musk buying himself a seat on the board is more than a bit ironic.
The man definitely seems to float from one controversy to another and quite a few of those controversies seem to involve Twitter. Buying a big share in Twitter is kind of a ballsy thing to do. But why not? Might I suggest shorting the stock if you disagree ;-).
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A decent chunk of people in the previous thread were saying he’s doing it to kill the bot that tracks his plane’s movements. In general, he seems to be an active enough user that there’s concerns he will use his new power as a way to shield himself from the consequences of his activity.
By "shield himself from the consequences of his activity" I think Elon literally meant "I don't want to get shot by some crazy person following my movements". No perfect solution, but I can get his motivation.
ADS data is public. Just because a Twitter bot puts it in a nice easy to digest format doesn't mean the data isn't out there, and there's nothing Elon or really anyone can do about it.
It is trivial to track a plane if you have its tail number and Elon only flies on a small number of jets.
And, no, by "shield himself from the consequences of his activities", I mean things like calling someone a pedophile on Twitter. He is one of the biggest Twitter drama quee s and it would be a lot easier to clean up his messes if he practically owns the company.
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Who owns the media and big tech now??? It's not poor people! At least Elon Musk is a very rich person who believes in free speech. Which is good for us poors. Twitter and the national discourse will be objectively better for working class voices as a result. Less so for the gatekeepers and media elite commentariat.
Elon Musk definitely does not believe in free speech that criticizes Elon Musk.
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An employee exodus from Twitter would only be a good thing in my eyes. They're all too ideological from my experience.
Can you name one public Twitter ideology except a commitment to not spread vaccine misinformation? At this point if anyone thinks that vaccine debate is ideological, I don't think we will change each others mind in either way, but I'm just curious if there are any examples. As far as I can tell that is the one and only piece of controversy. They banned Trump.
They prevented spreading the story of Hunter Biden's laptop just before the last American election
[Edit: it's strange to be downvoted for a factually correct statement.]
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He's not popular on hacker news. He's definitely popular
I'd say there's a mixed reaction on HN. I think he's kinda cool with the 0-60 in 2 secs cars and trying to make mankind multiplanetary but the haters seem much more inclined to post. It seems a little contrary to the - Have curious conversation; .... Please don't sneer... guidelines. A lot of sneering going on when Musk gets a mention.
I'm in a similar boat. I like what he's achieved with SpaceX, Tesla and Starlink. I don't like his views on trans people (which are ironic, considering he named his droneships after Culture Minds), as well as his inflammatory character. Art vs. Artist and all that.
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
#369Hypothesis: this is not about Elon running Twitter, controlling society, insuring free speech, or any other such thing. It's simply that he wants insurance against being de-platformed, and now he has it.
9% is a hell of an insurance policy. I don't disagree, the man does not do small things, but I do wonder if he just bought insurance for more people than himself.
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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…
You wrote in Kanye West for president, thought enough other voters would join you to make doing so worth anything to you and your vote, and share that extremely poor adult judgment confidently and publicly? You like him because he says shit? I mean I say shit, too, would you vote for me even if my entire policy platform was incoherent and I stalk and abuse my exes and their new partners in public? You realize his ent…
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