Elon has decided not to join our board

Post by ffggvv » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 6:53 PM UTC

pas wrote: post #318

paxys wrote: post #207

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The explanation is as clear as you'll get. They wanted Elon to act like a board member – be a fiduciary of the company, be trusted with confidential data, consult leadership before making announcements, don't disparage it in public. Elon decided that being able to Tweet about the company on a whim was more important to him.

does the SEC care whether you are on the board or not if you have a very sizable stake anyway?

Post by hsbauauvhabzb » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 7:16 PM UTC

coolso wrote: post #510

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #140

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Go nitpick somewhere else.

Pretty sure the people who use terms like “differently abled”, “LatinX”, “they/them” etc., are the ones forcing their nitpicks on everyone else.

Post by manquer » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 7:23 PM UTC

giraffe_lady wrote: post #415

manquer wrote: post #166

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However the Alt text version is slightly different from the posted one , so not really good substitute.

There's no requirement or inherent value in them being identical. They should provide as much of the same essential information as possible, and in this case they do. It's reasonable for the main image to include more non-essential data or aesthetic flourishes than the alt, which again is the case here. There are definitely accessibility issues with using images as a text medium, mainly that the poster has to be awar…

Post by OrlandoHakim » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 7:44 PM UTC

OrlandoHakim wrote: post #509

I think it’s more likely that Elon wants to keep his options open. As a board member he would have a fiduciary duty’s that would prevent him from doing certain things. Most notably, it would keep him from purchasing more shares and orchestrating a hostile takeover by way of taking a majority stake in Twitter.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC

coolso wrote: post #514

otterley wrote: post #311

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Suppose you were President. How would you control those things, and with what authority? And how would you prevent unintended consequences that are worse than the problems you set out to solve? You don’t have to answer this question, but it’s a really useful thought exercise. Leadership is much harder than people often realize.

I would probably use Trump’s playbook during his administration as a guide since it resulted in low inflation, low gas prices, no supply chain issues, a Putin kept in check, etc. In contrast, the current President definitely appears to be finding leadership harder than he realized despite his 50 year career in politics.