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As Twitter, renamed X, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and usage falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.
indigomirage ( @indigomirage@lemmy.ca ) 76•9 months agoIt is increasingly likely that the point of purchasing Twitter was to destroy it.
Edit - FWIW, I waffle back and forth on this one. I mean, the guy’s not a complete idiot. Though I don’t certainly think he’s the genius people often think he is. He’s needed had a fair amount of luck and self-serving coercion to get where he is. The Twitter stuff is just so blind to market reality that I wonder if there’s some self-sabotage in there?
(Either way, I am genuinely enjoying the the follow-on comments here!)
Pons_Aelius ( @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ) 23•9 months agoNah, he never wanted to buy it.It was a pump and dump and then the SEC forced him to actually buy it.He tried to back out but was forced to complete the sale.
Now he has no idea what to do with it and is just digging himself deeper and deeper and deeper.
microphone900 ( @microphone900@lemmy.ml ) 13•9 months agoWhat was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter?
Well, he is kinda following a random message he got from an unknown person:
The three texts were sent on April 4, 2022. In the nearly 18 months since then, many of the decisions Musk made after he bought Twitter appear to have closely followed that road map, up to and including his ongoing attacks against the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization founded by Jewish Americans to counter discrimination.
The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”
Seems he’s killing it to get cheers and adulation from the far right.
Ech ( @ech@lemm.ee ) English1•9 months agoIf he wanted to kill it, this whole charade would be utterly pointless. He could literally just pull the plug.
mibo80 ( @mibo80@lemm.ee ) 2•9 months agoI like this take, too. I also see him spinning this into major tax write offs, or something. Even losses benefit billionaires in this country it seems.
Uranium3006 ( @Uranium3006@kbin.social ) 12•9 months agoThat makes No sense. He’s just bad at busniess
ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English8•9 months agoYep, exactly. He’s an idiot who happens to be a billionaire who thinks he’s iron man with the IQ of Einstein. It’s a dangerous combination. I’m just glad he can’t become president of the US — we don’t need another of his ilk.
agitatedpotato ( @agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•9 months agoMaybe hes just using it to hide something.
gerryflap ( @gerryflap@feddit.nl ) 48•9 months agoAs a European: yes please. Fck off and never come back Elon
VodkaSolution ( @vodkasolution@feddit.it ) 38•9 months agoYou’re welcome to leave!!
m-p{3} ( @mp3@lemmy.ca ) 29•9 months ago Hubi ( @Hubi@feddit.de ) 13•9 months ago
fisco™🇬🇧🇺🇦 ( @fisco@lemmy.ml ) 21•9 months agoBest idea he’s had so far…twitter is dead anyway…💥
redimk ( @redimk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 21•9 months agoJust shut down the damn app by this point, man.
macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 20•9 months agoI see this as a perfect win.
runiq ( @runiq@feddit.de ) 17•9 months ago Zellith ( @Zellith@kbin.social ) 11•9 months agoBye Felicia. Nothing of value will be lost.
DrugsMcChrist ( @DrugsMcChrist@lemmy.ml ) 11•9 months agooh no not that
library_napper ( @library_napper@monyet.cc ) 9•9 months agoDo North America next plz
Blackmist ( @Blackmist@feddit.uk ) English8•9 months agoDon’t threaten us with a good time.
Ooops ( @Ooops@kbin.social ) 8•9 months agoHow often have we heard that empty promise now?
C’mon… you can do it!
TubeTalkerX ( @TubeTalkerX@kbin.social ) 1•9 months agoThanks Rob!
Foni ( @Foni@lemm.ee ) 7•9 months agoA few years ago Facebook made the same threats and they are still there, screwing up. They are still empty threats and we all know that they will not do it
pushingice ( @pushingice@iusearchlinux.fyi ) 7•9 months agoPlease piss off Musk