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X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year

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Re: X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year

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Post by ryandvm »

realcertify wrote: post #90
mullingitover wrote: post #44

The "Elon is saving free speech, so this is worth it" argument for this incredible destruction of value is what cracks me up. The internet had/has no problem hosting repugnant viewpoints. Plenty of web hosting providers are available for you to share your most vile, hateful thoughts. We're watching a very powerful person discover in real time that free speech isn't something that generates value on its own.

"Destruction of value" assumes that Elon paid what Twitter was worth back then, which is not necessarily true.

Well... it was true to the shareholders

Re: X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year

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Post by didibus »

wernercd wrote: post #88
didibus wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry for doing this, but I'm going to defer to ChatGPT 4, as it does a better job than I could at explaining why I'm not convinced by what you're saying to believe it's any better now that Musk owns Twitter. 1. Instances of deceit, irrationality, or fallacious reasoning: - The claim "it's not working with the US Gov to censor free speech that's proven to be true after the fact" suggests that because something is…

"chatgpt" Ahh... the thing that makes up stuff and is increasingly... censored? Hard pass. I'll take my own thoughts and not AI limited by fear. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/chatgpts-user-ba... "OpenAI also started responding to user backlash and regulatory pressure by censoring harmful ChatGPT responses, which may have led some users to abandon the tool, possibly viewing it as less useful, less trustw…

The US government is elected by you (assuming you're a US citizen). Public companies you can actually acquire shares in, and hold some control over. And there's a level of transparency in what they have to report to the public.

Elon, you're just blindly putting your trust and faith in him...

I'll never understand the tribal instinct people seem to have in blindly following a single authoritarian but convincing leader over a system that empowers you, has checks and balances in place, and federates the powers.

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