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Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#31

I feel like we’re going to look back in a couple years and mark this as the beginning of the collapse of Tesla. Musk is already spread thin, now he’s so unfocused and undisciplined that he’s unable to stop himself from buying an irrelevant social media company as an expensive hobby. It’s the height of hubris.

> now he’s so unfocused and undisciplined

A guy who has managed to lead multiple startup companies to huge companies for literally decades threw multiple economic crisis. He is one of the longest running CEO in the auto industry.

Its just amazing to me how people focus so much on 'omg look at how he manages social media' compared to 'simple looking at the actual record of the companies he leads'.

People said the same thing about Neurolink and the Boring Company. And yet neither SpaceX nor Tesla have suffered.

That said, I'm against it too. I just think that the idea that this will collapse Tesla is not realistic.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#33
post #4

For all the Free Speech posturing Musk has put out around twitter, it will be very interesting to see if @ElonsJet account gets banned.

As somewhat of an aside, I think ElonsJet should be allowed to exist but I also think its a terrible thing to do and harassment. Do you not have a right to privacy if you're wealthy? Could I start tracking and broadcasting the whereabouts of someone in my office? How about [unpopular politician]? It's weird that people celebrate this invasion of privacy. He's still a human being.

This was crystalized for me when I came across an article detailing what they found from dumpster diving through Mark Zuckerberg's garbage. I mean, really?

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/a-professional-trash-pick...

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#34
post #6

Part of me hopes this is the end of the social media age. I've been on twitter since the very beginning and lately it feels like it's a toxic cesspool on all sides. I say this as a twitter addict and prolific poster over more than a decade.

It's not , but now social media is mainstream media and can't pretend to be cool anymore

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#37
post #6

Part of me hopes this is the end of the social media age. I've been on twitter since the very beginning and lately it feels like it's a toxic cesspool on all sides. I say this as a twitter addict and prolific poster over more than a decade.

Unlikely. Twitter, despite of its influence, is a minor part of the social media business. Instagram and TikTok are the biggest.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#38
post #14

I feel for the employees of Twitter. Years with a part time CEO whose time was dedicated elsewhere… now they’ll have a new part time owner whose time will be dedicated elsewhere and has a propensity to do weird things for the online lulz.

Having aloof bosses is now bad?

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#40
I feel like people have invested in Elon in large part because of his alignment with i) moving humanity away from fossil fuels and ii) making life multi planetary. He is obviously free to do as he pleases with this new wealth but I cant help but feel this as a huge redirection of resources (in terms of both capital and focus) from those goals
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