Elon Musk Becomes Twitter’s Largest Shareholder…

[JettaKnight]

And why are they losing customers?
I'm sure there are multiple reasons, such as.. more platforms available.
But, one of the reasons could be... people unhappy with their programming.

People are unhappy because a lot of it just sucks, not because it's woke. I can ignore what I disagree with if there's something good on there.

 

[Ingomike]

and talk about stopping people from sharing their accounts

This is a biggie. So many families share. They will put off a lot of folks that have been let it ride kind of people. Once this comes up families talk and discover no one is watching.

 

[KLB]

People are unhappy because a lot of it just sucks, not because it's woke. I can ignore what I disagree with if there's something good on there.

Agreed. The only reason I still have it is for my family.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

BREAKING: Twitter board in final negotiations with Elon Musk over buyout bid

Twitter’s 11-member board of directors met on Sunday to discuss selling the social media platform to big tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and could finalize a deal as soon as this week, or even Monday.

thepostmillennial.com

 

[KLB]

Sounds similar to what happened at my company. Shareholders like the idea of making the money selling the stock and force the board to do it.

 

[MCgrease08]

It does look like it's actually going to happen.

Twitter To Accept Elon Musk’s Offer To Buy Out Company, Report Says

Twitter’s board of directors is expected to announce today that they have accepted Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar offer to buyout the social media platform. “The two sides worked through the night to hash out a deal that would be valued at $54.20 a share, or $44 billion,” The Wall Street...

www.dailywire.com

 

[bwframe]

It's real shame that Twitter had to break down and admit how biased and woke they are by accepting this offer.

 

[KG1]

It's real shame that Twitter had to break down and admit how biased and woke they are by accepting this offer.

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I don't care about twitter. I'm more interested in Kelly O'Grady.

 

[DadSmith]

Elon just purchased Twitter

 

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[jwamplerusa]

From a BBC article:

" 'Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,' Mr Musk said in a statement announcing the deal.​

"I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans," he added.​

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"Twitter has tremendous potential - I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it."​

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Bret Taylor, chair of Twitter's board, said it had full assessed Mr Musk's offer and it was "the best path forward for Twitter's stockholders".​

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Under the deal, which is expected to close later this year, Twitter's shares will be delisted and it will be taken private.​

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Mr Musk has suggested this will give him freedom to make the changes he wants to the business."​

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The most exciting things in the above to me, are first open sourcing the algorithm (essentially allowing the product to see behind the curtain), second taking the business private (if I were Mr. Musk, I would reject section 230 protections and claim common carrier status), and third and probably the most important "Authenticating all humans". Make people post under their actual name in a manner in which they can be identified, and behavior will change.

If a few of the usual suspects are sued for libel and lose, they will throttle down the lies and distortions.

 

[Ark]

Loss of anonymity may tank the platform, sadly. Anonymous speech is free speech. Making everyone submit ID for the convenience of the cancel mob isn't going to encourage free speech, it's going to destroy it.

 

[HoughMade]

Loss of anonymity may tank the platform, sadly. Anonymous speech is free speech. Making everyone submit ID for the convenience of the cancel mob isn't going to encourage free speech, it's going to destroy it.

This cuts both ways, so I see no issue with it. As for being "canceled", it's not like they could get someone kicked off of Twitter.

 

[actaeon277]

I'll wait till I see what's gonna happen.

 

[printcraft]

 

[Tombs]

Loss of anonymity may tank the platform, sadly. Anonymous speech is free speech. Making everyone submit ID for the convenience of the cancel mob isn't going to encourage free speech, it's going to destroy it.

Yeah if this is actually the case this will be even worse than it already is.

Folks tend to forget the first rule of the internet. Never post your real name or details online, for any reason.

The radical left has protections via politicians and powerful interests groups, it's the right that will be harmed the most from lack of anonymity.

 

[DadSmith]

I'll wait and see what changes if any are made to allow real freedom of speech before I cheer.

 

[BigRed]

So...... now can I get on twitter and tell obiden to GTH?

Can I tell shannon watts to go **** herself?

Where do I sign up?