Elon Musk officially buys Twitter!

[Canucks_fan18]

First he usher in the electric vehicle, than he improved internet speeds for all the rural and remote, now he's a defender of free speech. Might be the most influential man of our era.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twit...yout-deal.html

[rataylor22]

Lmao

[blayze]

It's wild. This guy has balls that's for sure.

He may have also set the dominos in motion on a new trend of billionaires buying trophy media assets and other public companies.

[VincentVega]

Too much power in the hands of one man is never a good thing. Musk is obviously a genius in some ways but he is also a hothead who often acts before he thinks. This may not end well, if he takes the free speech defence too far and allows for all kinds of dangerous misinformation to spread - like anti-climate change lies or anti-vax BS .. all kinds of crazy and dangerous ideas need to in check.

[audiopile]

Haha. Ill decide for myself what misinformation is thank you very much! This is nothing but good news, and the mouthbreathers will hate it. I personally dont think itll matter much, its twitter and not to be taken seriously.


Too much power???? Lets worry about Putin’s power?

[rataylor22]

Alt-right conservatives thinking Elon Musk is their champion and hero will never not be funny.

[blayze]

He may be a hothead, but not when it comes to spending $44B. He has grand visions and knows how to make money that's for sure.

Hard to say at this point whether this will be a good or bad thing for humanity...

[rataylor22]

Oh no guys, loldiopile thinks I'm an idiot because emerald boy isn't the savior he wants him to be lmao.

[doulos]

He may be a hothead, but not when it comes to spending $44B. He has grand visions and knows how to make money that's for sure.

Hard to say at this point whether this will be a good or bad thing for humanity...

I doubt it will really move the needle one way or the other, except to outrage or delight certain groups of people for a short time until they become outraged or delighted by something else tomorrow.

[GinFizz]

^^^ This

Stock might double soon

[rataylor22]

^^^ This

Stock might double soon

He’s (reportedly) taking it private, which functionally means there is no stock to double lol.

[doulos]

Yeah the price has come up to just under Elon's buying price, which makes sense from an arbitrage point of view.

[saucelife90]

People can't control Elon, and they HATE it. He's got f*ck you money and he's throwing both his middle fingers up at the left wing lunatics who want to control every narrative across every platform.

[doulos]

Careful. Hero worship typically ends badly.

[forumname]

People can't control Elon, and they HATE it. He's got f*ck you money and he's throwing both his middle fingers up at the left wing lunatics who want to control every narrative across every platform.

Who? I see generalization like this a lot, but specifically what people are you referring to that hate him because they can't control him?