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What if Elon is buying twitter to teach AI the best of human nature.

Oh boy. We’re in trouble. ?
 
I think some research into how many people will move to alternative platforms as a result of Musk taking over could be interesting too. Maybe most people are ambivalent about the whole saga but it’s something I’m considering….
Or no platforms, better yet. This Musk clown car and others are great for those needing a daily fix of chaos to boost their faux outrage levels. Or go for a nice walk with the kids and partner plus other positive pursuits. Choices...
 
I think some research into how many people will move to alternative platforms as a result of Musk taking over could be interesting too. Maybe most people are ambivalent about the whole saga but it’s something I’m considering….
I would also be curious to know how many people will move from alternative platforms to Twitter after it’s bought.

I’m not considering getting on Twitter or getting out of Twitter, my last post (and it’s like the 5th one) was like 4 years ago. But this show is entertaining.
 
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Wonder if he’s having cold feet. How does it matter how many accounts are fake? Once he takes over, he can check and change anything he wants. Doesn’t seem like a substantial reason to put the deal on hold. Or probably there’s some angle I don’t understand.
He excuse could be saying, since the primary way he intended to improve Twitter was developing software to beat the bots and authenticate humans, having only 5 percent fake/bot account currently makes doing so completely irrelevant.

I personally think he is attempting find a way out because he realizes no that people will be jumping ship.
 
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Biometric user authentication via Digital ID incoming in 3…2…
 
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Regarding the update on the main page. Even though Musk say's he is still committed to the purchase all this blustering could be a way to try and get Twitter devalued which would give Musk an excuse to pay less for the company.
 
Looking how the stock value has changed and considering how the value of his stock was the basis of his purchase this was bound to happen hopefully just until the market turns around. I'm sure the deal is structured so as either side was stiffly punished if they used this as reasoning. They have to use something else as an excuse.

And how about the ones that quit their job at Twitter over this. ;)
 
Why does this feel like the classic pump and dump scheme? Twitter is currently down almost 13% in after market/pre market trading.
Did you look at Tesla?
His money is based on the value of his stock... neither expects or wants their stocks to plunge as they have.
 
C’mon he made the offer at 44 bn USD which valued the company at over the stock price, the stock price has nothing to do with the value of the deal. It’s unlikely he’ll be able to adjust the value of the deal without good reason, such as there being a lot more false accounts than what Twitter has said.
 
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