Sunday, September 22, 2024

How Elon Musk Killed Twitter

His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users--and the world's richest man himself.

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11 WTF Moments From Character Limit,' the Book About How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

The billionaire's takeover of the platform has been a very public disaster. The action behind the scenes was even crazier

www.rollingstone.com

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-21 09:20 PM

@#1 ... The billionaire's takeover of the platform has been a very public disaster. ...

Well, yeah.

It was a disaster from the start. Which is why he appeared to try so hard to back out of the deal.

Twitter pushes back as Elon Musk tries for third time to back out of deal (2022)
ny1.com

... Twitter on Monday pushed back against yet another attempt from Elon Musk to back out of his $44 billion agreement to purchase the social media company ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-21 09:28 PM

... and now ...

Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com

... The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes down user accounts that the court had ordered removed ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-21 09:30 PM

I'm just glad he'll be running the US Gov for Trump.... actually, he and Trump have the same amount of business acumen. Zero.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-21 09:39 PM

Between Project 2025 appointments, RFK Jr and Musk, a second Trump presidency should be one hellava cluster ---- if, God forbid, it should it ever come to pass.

#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-21 09:43 PM

god, it is so easy to see right inside his head
She said

#6 | Posted by beef_supreme at 2024-09-22 12:50 PM

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