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Re: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

mongol wrote: post #2

How will Musk's failure at Twitter affect market confidence in his other ventures?

Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative.

I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore.

Being Elon, I would be more worried about the fact that Saudi's are supposed to be as one of the investors in Twitter and they already have trace of killing people. If Elon won't be able to spin the story as somebody's else problem and instead of it will be presented as his managing failure, well could be interesting.

Re: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

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Post by BizarroLand »

TheLoafOfBread wrote: post #4
mongol wrote: post #2

How will Musk's failure at Twitter affect market confidence in his other ventures?

Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative. I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore. Being Elon, I would be more worried about the fact that Saudi's are supposed to be as one of the investors in Twitter and they already have trace of killing people. If Elon won't be able to spin the story as somebody's else problem and inst…

I mean, he may be finding himself a good reason to repay the Saudis their 44 billion dollars after mismanaging their investment that terribly or he may find himself having an "accident".

This is no threat, just a very real concern that I have for him. That is not the kind of money you blow.

Re: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

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Post by BeefWellington »

Regardless of your feelings about Elon Musk as a person, this kind of behavior is absolutely crazy for the leader of a company. I can't imagine what investors who signed on to do this with him are thinking unless their goal was to simply destroy the company.

Re: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

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Post by CogitoCogito »

TheLoafOfBread wrote: post #4
mongol wrote: post #2

How will Musk's failure at Twitter affect market confidence in his other ventures?

Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative. I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore. Being Elon, I would be more worried about the fact that Saudi's are supposed to be as one of the investors in Twitter and they already have trace of killing people. If Elon won't be able to spin the story as somebody's else problem and inst…

> Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative.

> I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore.

So Musk's best defense is that he decided to buy a company that couldn't be saved? Might be hard for him to get loans going forward.

Re: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

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Post by cwilkes »

BeefWellington wrote: post #8

Regardless of your feelings about Elon Musk as a person, this kind of behavior is absolutely crazy for the leader of a company. I can't imagine what investors who signed on to do this with him are thinking unless their goal was to simply destroy the company.

Why would two of Musk’s financiers in this Qatar and Saudi Arabia want twitter dead? Oh wait.
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