Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account

Post by karp773 » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 4:51 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #20

karp773 wrote: post #15

One more thing, which may be controversial here on HN, but which I think is nonetheless correct, is that Musk has been effectively cornered by the previous Twitter board. He has no other choice but to count every penny and squeeze the maximum from the remaining employees. See the revenue vs loan payments estimates. So the blame for all the drastic measures such as mass layoffs and such, should be equally shared by th…

What exactly did the board do to "corner" him?

Post by whatok » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 4:54 PM UTC

karp773 wrote: post #12

mikkergp wrote: post #11

I’m firmly in the camp of not wanting to hear anything more from Trump in my lifetime, but I do wonder if there is any ideological side to this from Musk. It’s not clear at all that Trump coming back to Twitter is good for him, or for Republicans. Banning him I think took a lot of the bad side of the conservative culture out of the spotlight and bringing him back will make it front and center again. A consistent mess…

Edit: the estimates were way off!

Post by mikkergp » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 4:58 PM UTC

laweijfmvo wrote: post #19

mikkergp wrote: post #11

I’m firmly in the camp of not wanting to hear anything more from Trump in my lifetime, but I do wonder if there is any ideological side to this from Musk. It’s not clear at all that Trump coming back to Twitter is good for him, or for Republicans. Banning him I think took a lot of the bad side of the conservative culture out of the spotlight and bringing him back will make it front and center again. A consistent mess…

i'd imagine most of the american voters are not on twitter, but most of them watch cable news. Trump could publish on a Myspace page and the media would broadcast it for him.

Post by jimmydean12 » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 4:59 PM UTC

hairofadog wrote: post #9

jimmydean12 wrote: post #4

This isn’t a surprise, part of the financing deal for truth was that Donnie would always post on truth first before any other social media.

First and foremost he’s a man of his word immune to seeking validation through crowd size.

Post by darthrupert » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

smt88 wrote: post #16

mikkergp wrote: post #11

I’m firmly in the camp of not wanting to hear anything more from Trump in my lifetime, but I do wonder if there is any ideological side to this from Musk. It’s not clear at all that Trump coming back to Twitter is good for him, or for Republicans. Banning him I think took a lot of the bad side of the conservative culture out of the spotlight and bringing him back will make it front and center again. A consistent mess…

> I do wonder if there is any ideological side to this from Musk. I think this is giving Musk too much credit. He hasn't shown ideological consistency on any issue, and that includes free speech.