Elon has decided not to join our board

Post by patmorgan23 » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 4:47 AM UTC

avl999 wrote: post #126

axg11 wrote: post #9

A very odd set of events and no explanation regarding Elon's change of mind. A pessimist would think that Elon has decided to go for a "hostile" takeover since he is no longer bound by the percentage holding cap. An optimistic would think that Elon had enough self-awareness to realize it would be an overall distraction for Twitter with little benefit. It amuses me more than it should that the CEO of Twitter has poste…

It was always clear to me as someone who has seen his share of Elon tweets. He was literally just trolling with his tweets and had no intention of ever joining the board as he doesn't have the time or the passion for that job.

Post by cinntaile » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 4:48 AM UTC

DonHopkins wrote: post #129

So Elon's not going to unleash the Kraken and reinstate Trump's Twitter account? https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-elon-musk-reinstate-d...

Post by gordon_freeman » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 4:49 AM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #101

pen2l wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A very odd set of events and no explanation regarding Elon's change of mind. I don't know about the regulatory guidelines which would or would not have barred Elon from exercising any sort of control in the board, but my sources from Twitter are telling me that folks were not happy about the prospect of Elon wanting to change Twitter to be in his image and it's likely this that the higher-ups communicated to Musk a…

>> hence the 'I believe this is for the best' affirmation line from Agrawal himself He also says in the previous paragraph that they [had?] believed that having Musk on the board would "be the best path forward." It's sort of a Rorschach test. You could divine either opinion you wanted from the post.

Post by jmeister » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 4:50 AM UTC

heavyset_go wrote: post #120

pen2l wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A very odd set of events and no explanation regarding Elon's change of mind. I don't know about the regulatory guidelines which would or would not have barred Elon from exercising any sort of control in the board, but my sources from Twitter are telling me that folks were not happy about the prospect of Elon wanting to change Twitter to be in his image and it's likely this that the higher-ups communicated to Musk a…

From an article titled " Elon Musk to address Twitter staff after internal outcry "[1]: > Employees raged on internal message boards, expressing fears Musk will sabotage their culture and make it hard to do their jobs [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/07/musk-tw...

Post by unityByFreedom » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 4:51 AM UTC

braingenious wrote: post #135

Serious question: Who cares? I am not trying to make a joke or seem edgy. Literally, what group of people is actually impacted by this by first or second order effects of…whatever the hell this story entails? In other words, this is on the front page of hacker news. Why?!