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Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#61
Kind of weird to sink such a significant chunk of his wealth into a toy for his libertarian whims (where it's hard to tell how serious he even is about them), but I such squandering of wealth is nothing new for billionaires.

Guess this will put a dent into the whole "limit fake news on social media" push we've had recently, at least in the US (which some people will of course argue was ill-fated to begin with).

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

#64
How long before Trump is allowed back? I'm not joking. Elon has said several times his "line" for what is acceptable speech is different than what Twitter has now. My guess is it will be timed to happen after the "dust settles" but within a few months of the US 2022 midterms. This will give Trump enough time to gain followers back, and start to use the platform (again) to regain power. Thoughts? Anyone else on the shortlist for re-instatement?

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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I feel like people have invested in Elon in large part because of his alignment with i) moving humanity away from fossil fuels and ii) making life multi planetary. He is obviously free to do as he pleases with this new wealth but I cant help but feel this as a huge redirection of resources (in terms of both capital and focus) from those goals

This is kinda how I feel about Elon.

As a person, I really don't care about his personal opinion on most things. I really don't want him in charge of Twitter especially since I can see the first thing he does is unban Trump. So I am hoping if this does go through an alternative quickly springs up and gains dominance.

But when it comes to Space... I am a strong believer in SpaceX. The facts with how they are performing. Especially after how bad the SLS is going. We basically needed SpaceX.

Tesla? I mean I am glad he did it when he did it. Thankfully we are now seeing most (if not all?) car companies working on electric and I don't think that would have happened without Tesla.

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