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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

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Post by goodoldneon »

mmastrac wrote: 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 depends who you follow. I only follow people I think are funny so now my Twitter feed is almost entirely toxicity-free. If you follow political accounts then you're gonna get hit with the toxic firehose

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Post by prvc »

pyaamb wrote: post #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

This may seem like a wild take, but perhaps it's worth entertaining that social media moderation as it exists today could be a significant impediment to the realization of those goals.

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

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Post by afavour »

mmastrac wrote: 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.

I don’t see how it ever would be. But that said, I remember the era of the Arab Spring where everyone said social media would liberate us all… of course it never turned out to by true but I feel as though Twitter is still pretending that it will.

Being bought by Musk ought to bring about an end to any such perception. It’s going to be a rich man’s plaything (nothing new there, billionaires used to buy newspapers instead!) and who knows if it’ll be a success or not, but it has no higher calling and we’re probably all better off for recognising it.

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

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Post by adamnemecek »

pyaamb wrote: post #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

I wouldn’t be surprised if half of his wealth was due to his online presence. This move makes absolute sense.

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

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Post by School-Cotton »

mmastrac wrote: 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.

What stops you from deleting your twitter, regardless of whether Musk buys it?

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Post by coffeeblack »

pyaamb wrote: post #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

A necessary one. The ideologues among the Tw leadership were doing a lot of harm to Western society (and therefore more generally to democracy and the rule of law). I hope Musk will be able to fix it now.

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Post by mardifoufs »

afavour wrote: 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.

An owner is not a always the CEO. If anything he will make sure that the CEO that will actually focus on twitter.

Also, If they didn't feel bad about creating value for Saudi royalty shareholders they probably won't feel bad about doing random stuff for the lulz

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