Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

dkjaudyeqooe wrote: post #40

ChicagoDave wrote: post #6

He's also agreed to never own more than 14%, so effectively agreeing only to be a voice, not a wrecking ball.

It's Elon Musk, he can't help but being a wrecking ball. We're talking about the 'pedo guy' guy, after all. Twitter will get more attention for sure, but possibly not the kind of attention they want. But apparently there's no such thing as bad publicity. I think of of the interesting things to watch for is if he starts pressuring for the guy who tracks the movements of his private jet to have his account terminated.

Post by memish » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:20 PM UTC

jdrc wrote: post #95

rednerrus wrote: post #89

I know it's not popular but I like the fact that he's annoyed and did something about it.

I sympathize but very rich people owning the media never ends well

Post by sbarre » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

zdragnar wrote: post #65

sbarre wrote: post #43

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So while this one-liner comment seems to be drawing ire, I do think it brings up a difficult point. As more and more of our civic discourse moves online, there are no "public spaces" online where the rule of law and public interest comes first. There is no town square, no soapbox in the park, no public access TV, or the ability for masses to organize and march or protest (or whatever the online equivalent is), with o…

We have never had a public town square larger than a literal town square, excepting maybe ham radio. Every other space has in some way been moderated or fashioned to purpose. Even public TV, news and radio are groomed to certain standards.

Post by MBCook » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:37 PM UTC

haunter wrote: post #132

MBCook wrote: post #119

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I find it incredibly useful. I follow accounts accounts I consider useful or interesting. They post all sorts of informative things, fun anecdotes, bits of history, etc. Yeah if you just follow celebrities or influencers you’ll have a bad time. But there are lots of great smaller accounts (<250k followers) out there. You can often get tech news first that way from reliable sources.

>smaller accounts ( I'd not consider someone with 200k followers small. Maybe you meant 2500 followers?

Post by SuoDuanDao » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:51 PM UTC

elicash wrote: post #48

Ferrotin wrote: post #38

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Shareholders like him on the board, and they would be even happier if he were running the company, because an Elon-run Twitter would be a lot more profitable.

It's certainly true that the stock is currently way up on the news of his investment. I personally would not invest in a company where I cannot trust claims being made by the board.