Twitter re-examines Elon Musk’s bid, may be more receptive to a deal

Post by sascha_sl » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 8:55 AM UTC

rzz3 wrote: post #189

andersco wrote: post #33

If Musk acquires Twitter, I will likely be deleting my account. Am I the only one? Would his acquisition spell the beginning of the end for Twitter?

Why? What I’m earth changes the next day? I’d you enjoy Twitter, use it. If it stops bringing you joy, stop using it. I, on the other hand, already dislike Twitter and may very well give it another chance under new leadership. But it’s just a social media account, everything doesn’t need to be some kind of statement. If you want to delete it, just do it, we don’t all need to hear about it.

Post by andruby » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 9:01 AM UTC

ohgodplsno wrote: post #147

mlindner wrote: post #73

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He's not an inept businessman. He's someone with aspergers who takes someone at face value at all times. If someone says something is the case he believes them. He doesn't handle being deceived well nor does he know when it's happening. And actually he's not a "businessman" at all. He's an engineer at heart. "Businessman" would require strong social skills, not something someone with aspergers has good ability at.

>He's an engineer at heart. He has not built anything.

Post by hef19898 » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 9:03 AM UTC

shafyy wrote: post #171

isitmadeofglass wrote: post #118

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> Really hard to imagine the richest and most accomplished dude on the planet not being able to secure funding. You don’t have to imagine. It literally already happened once when he claimed he had funding secured to take Tesla private. As such, if you can’t imagine him not having funding secured this time, you’re severely lacking in imagination.

In his latest TED interview [0], Musk said that he had the funding secured for that Tesla private offering. He said that he needed to settle with the SEC so that they wouldn't freeze Tesla's bank accounts, and as part of the settlement he needed to publicly say that he hadn't secured funding. I don't think he's lying. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZZpaB2kDM

Post by hef19898 » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 9:06 AM UTC

raspberry1337 wrote: post #179

hef19898 wrote: post #123

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So, like subways? Or every single road and train tunnel anywhere on the planet so far? Moving transportation underground is such revolutionary idea that it exists for a century by now.

>Moving transportation underground is such revolutionary idea that it exists for a century by now. You ignored the essential part of his well written and detailed explanation - its not about the fact that its underground, but the cost of creating underground pathways, for cars or whatever. It saddens me that bad posts like yours infect HN.

Post by heroicdanger » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 9:11 AM UTC

youngtaff wrote: post #135

mrfusion wrote: post #70

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Free speech, A truer town square to debate important issues, Remove bots, add new features, a fresh take on how to raise profits, better management, and he even mentioned building a homeless shelter in their HQ.

What’s free speech? Twitter can be a pretty hostile place if you’re not a white straight man, can’t see Musk making it any betters for those people who are currently harrassed fir being women, queer or colored