Guy looks like a mannequin and at first always freaks me out but then I get over it and read the article.
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Elon Musk Offers to Buy All of Twitter
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I agree in many ways. But shut-ing it down are not happening, we all know that.
I said to a friend recently: in the early age of internet, the smart people was online, now it's the stupid ranting sh** that are occupying most of social media.
You can't prevent people from being stupid. They are allowed to live and grow too. I have found this an important lesson when we evolve ourself. Conscious choices how to handle the on-line life and its toxicity is an important part of mental integrity and growth.
Might be easier to start from scratch. Would have to purge a lot of employees or most likely they would quit. Also purge all the bot accounts. Other platforms are working on that. 
He should be buying Meta book or whatever they calling it now and close it down.
Musk buying Twitter and then dismantling it from the inside while the chronically addicted screech would be the ultimate reward after years of watching society go crazy over having access to each other's dumbest thoughts.
Absolute ego play or possibly a way for him to position himself for an office run in the coming years. Owning one of the largest social media platforms would do wonders for a run towards the presidency.
edit: never mind, as he was born in RSA.
edit: never mind, as he was born in RSA.
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Can you teach me or point me where to find those lessons in self control? I always get sucked in but have got a bit of handle now because I no more post anything now and even when I do I try not to light a fire.
Meditation, I have practiced it for many years now.
Personally I think if Elon bought Twitter and Facebook then drove them into the ground, the world would be a better place.
This Musk type sure knows how to stir up drama.
If we were to believe Elon, and surely he is right about Twitter having a lot of potential and being long term undervalued at $43 billion, then why would any current stakeholder want to give up 100% of their shares? Makes more sense to hang onto your stake if Twitter could be worth $100 billion in 10 years time. Makes more sense to buy Elon's 9.1% off him at $54 a share.
I cannot imagine Musk is liquid for that amount. Im curious what his actual proposal is or who is making the purchase. Is he selling stock so he will be liquid for that amount or is he offering a combo of his companies stock?
This seems like BS on many levels. He's doing a good job at an out in the open pump and dumb though.
This seems like BS on many levels. He's doing a good job at an out in the open pump and dumb though.
He's the richest man in the world... he didn't get there by being told no.
My advice to any current shareholder — sell on the news.
Given what an ideological circle jerk Twitter is, with all the hate and bullying it thrives off. If he buys it and kills it, Nothing of value would be lost to society. Good riddance.
Hopefully he nukes the entire site from orbit….(it’s the only way to be sure).
Rooting for mutually assured destruction. Musk is a doofus and Twitter is a cancer.
Might be easier to start from scratch. Would have to purge a lot of employees or most likely they would quit. Also purge all the bot accounts. Other platforms are working on that.
Starting from zero would be a huge mistake, guaranteed failure. As for the employees, given the state of the platform, many would be fired regardless.
The last thing Twitter, and the free world, needs is a deplorable manchild in charge of the narrative. He should go back to 4chan with the rest of his cult.
You cannot unthink a though. Even if Musk did that, it would take weeks for replacements to pop up. All he would have achieved is burn unprecedented amounts of money. And Musk isn't an idiot - he's a con artist. So somehow he thinks he'll make a buck out of this. And he probably will.
Social media is here, and it's here to stay, and no Elon or Batman will change anything about that. Now society has to figure out how to actually incorporate it without tearing itself asunder. Censorship - of any kind - is no sustainable way. No censorship of any kind is also no solution, that's 4chan. I have no answer to this conundrum, and I believe nobody has, except that maybe a society has to be so rigid to suffer through the noise and unpleasantness that most people are idiots in one way or another, while having rules enough people can agree upon what is absolutely beyond "personal opinion". But most certainly Musk will not magically save society from itself buy making a high stake, high publicity play for Twitter.
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As long as he is launching rockets into space he will be the richest. Tesla is not doing too bad considering the problems the cars have.
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