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Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives

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Agrawal is the big winner here, he managed to sell the company for an outrageous amount of money.

It's not Agrawal's company. He's a winner for how much he got in his golden parachute.

Unless Agrawal plans to retire, this success will make a difference for him regardless of the immediate payout.

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If the last 6-12 months is any indication, lot of the journalists and Musk critics will be banned from the platform too. I am sure he has a list ready.

But the free speech!!! And bots!!! Heck, I bet what happens is he amplifies the bots to make it seem like the public supports everything he does. That is what this is all about. People are too manipulated by perceived public perception not realizing they are being deceived.

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Doesn't everyone want to shed a tear?: CEO Parag Agrawal will only get an estimated $42 million if he is terminated within 12 months of a change in control at the social media company, according to research firm Equilar. https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-ceo-set-receive-4...

Wonder if Elon will try to claw some of it back using Mudge testimony.

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According to those messages found in discovery Musk wasn’t disinvited, he made that decision himself.

That's not what this story says: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/29/dorsey-wanted-musk-on-twitte...

News articles often make mistakes.

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According to those messages found in discovery Musk wasn’t disinvited, he made that decision himself.

That's not what this story says: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/29/dorsey-wanted-musk-on-twitte...

This is from Musk declaring he won't join the board, after reasonable feedback from Agrawal in support of Musk joining:

https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575598387335901190

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It's not Agrawal's company. He's a winner for how much he got in his golden parachute.

Unless Agrawal plans to retire, this success will make a difference for him regardless of the immediate payout.

I guess... Are there other flailing companies that capricious billionaires want buy on a whim and then try to weasel out of buying?

I guess he could have. a second act selling a shoe company to Kany West.

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Already off to a questionable start then, making business decisions based on grudges.

It's not based on a grudge. It's based on previous conversations with Agrawal and him coming to the conclusion (along with Jack Dorsey) that Agrawal won't work with him to make the changes he wants to see. https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575598387335901190

'Changes he wants to see" like publicly declaring that the company/product is dying?

Jack Dorsey is trying to use Twitter as a foil to launch a crypto gimmick. Twitter's problems are largely Dorsey's fault so his opinion isn't reliable.

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> Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives And nothing of value was lost. I look forward to seeing what Musk has in store for Twitter. It's been a biased cesspool for a long time now. Maybe he can at least make it a less biased cesspool.

Same. Looking forward to left-wing content being treated equally. Twitter did some internal research to find out their biases a while ago: https://cdn.cms-twdigitalassets.com/content/dam/blog-twitter...
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