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Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

#61

Twitter is just embarrassing now. I haven't used it in over a year now. Turns out it's absolutely unnecessary for a normal, well-informed lifestyle.

I deleted my account that I opened in 2007. I was a heavy user and used it to make friends and get jobs. I'm a little sad to see it thrown away like this, but not so much that I wanted to stick around to support it.

Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

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post #60

This is the dumbest thing I've heard this week, and I've been following politics. Is this the new Twitter business model? 1. Shock 2. ??? 3. Profit

Yeah, but without step 3.

I don't get it. I just don't. People use to claim that Musk bought Twitter just to burn it down, but even he doesn't have $43B to light on fire. (An open aside to readers: please don't reply about tax write-offs unless you actually understand how they work.) Does he genuinely, sincerely think things like this will work out well in the long run?

Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

#67

Twitter is just embarrassing now. I haven't used it in over a year now. Turns out it's absolutely unnecessary for a normal, well-informed lifestyle.

At least they are cash-flow positive now (excluding the $1.5 billion in debt payments based on $13 billion owed). [0]

[0] - https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/171033661546446454...

Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

#68
post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, but without step 3.

I don't get it. I just don't. People use to claim that Musk bought Twitter just to burn it down, but even he doesn't have $43B to light on fire. (An open aside to readers: please don't reply about tax write-offs unless you actually understand how they work.) Does he genuinely, sincerely think things like this will work out well in the long run?

Musk bought Twitter not to burn it down. He was forced to buy it and doesn’t know what to do with it.

Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

#69

Twitter is just embarrassing now. I haven't used it in over a year now. Turns out it's absolutely unnecessary for a normal, well-informed lifestyle.

At least they are cash-flow positive now (excluding the $1.5 billion in debt payments based on $13 billion owed). [0] [0] - https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/171033661546446454...

That's one heck of an exclusion.

Re: X confuses the masses by removing all details from links

#70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get it. I just don't. People use to claim that Musk bought Twitter just to burn it down, but even he doesn't have $43B to light on fire. (An open aside to readers: please don't reply about tax write-offs unless you actually understand how they work.) Does he genuinely, sincerely think things like this will work out well in the long run?

Musk bought Twitter not to burn it down. He was forced to buy it and doesn’t know what to do with it.

He commited to buying it then tried to back out with a bunch of false excuses (later admitted in BBC interview). The market had a big drop + the reality of the Apple advertising attribution changes kept hitting. Meta was able to recover from Apple's ad changes decently, turning Twitter into 8chan didn't help their recovery.
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