• MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I could be remembering wrong but Twitter was only worth $15B at best, and Elon bought it for $44B because he’s that smart.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I genuinely think he’s just a pawn in a bigger game in which some powers wanted twitter gone.

      • meseek #2982@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Brainless but sounds like a competent leader. Has all the qualities the Illuminati are looking for when appointing a new drone.

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        1 year ago

        Why gone? I understood that the Saudi government just wanted to de-anonymize it (i.e be informed about the authors of any critical tweets).

        Like that guy who has been condemned to death for a critical tweet to his… 8 followers.

      • ThePenitentOne@discuss.online
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        1 year ago

        No. He may be influenced by others, but it’s clear his ego is just that enormous and that his emotional immaturity makes him do stupid shit impulsively.

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            1 year ago

            Even if he was ‘manipulated’ he would be the same person regardless if he wasn’t. He is clearly a self-serving person with ego problems. There are no billionaires that aren’t fucked up people.

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              1 year ago

              Oh for sure! But a stupid person may do stupid things on their own, and more stupid things when manipulated.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      How are you defining worth? It’s value was probably in the 20Bs and it’s market value was well in the 30Bs. By value I am saying a world where owners just dumped all their shares until they were no longer owners, by market value I mean what another entity might pay to buyout twitter.