Elon Musk buys Twitter

Discussion of non-phpBB related topics with other phpBB.com users.
Forum rules
General Discussion is a bonus forum for discussion of non-phpBB related topics with other phpBB.com users. All site rules apply.
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/e ... 022-10-28/

A few days back, Elon Musk has purchased twitter and is slowly making his desired changes to it. While his supporters claim that this is a victory for "free speech" on social media, I expect him to silence his critics on the platform.
User avatar
Lumpy Burgertushie
Registered User
Posts: 69223
Joined: Mon May 02, 2005 3:11 am
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by Lumpy Burgertushie »

I hope and believe that he will not.


robert
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:32 am I hope and believe that he will not.
He has been documented to be a very vindictive individual: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elo ... 02696.html
User avatar
ssl
Registered User
Posts: 1606
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:15 pm
Location: Le Lude, Pays de la Loire - France
Name: Fred Rimbert
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by ssl »

It's good he bought Twitter, he just has to send it into space so that we don't talk about it anymore.
User avatar
warmweer
Jr. Extension Validator
Posts: 11234
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2003 6:34 am
Location: Van Allen Bel ... gium
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by warmweer »

I'm not fond of the guy but I appreciate his banning style on Twitter :lol:
User avatar
ssl
Registered User
Posts: 1606
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:15 pm
Location: Le Lude, Pays de la Loire - France
Name: Fred Rimbert
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by ssl »

Former Twitter CEO fired by Musk thought he had $42 million in damages. Only Musk found something in his contract and therefore he would have made him say that he would not receive any compensation.
Musk is likely to reap very quickly what he sows. His management methods are known to be untenable, in this game the good ones will go.
User avatar
Mick
Support Team Member
Support Team Member
Posts: 26505
Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:49 am

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by Mick »

He’s an innovator and as such gets stuff wrong, don’t we all, he also tends to knee-jerk a lot. But, he’s managed to do something NASA still can’t do after 64 years and spending an estimated $650b (I assume that to be a conservative figure) and that is building re-usable first stages for his rockets. The savings in that piece of technology alone is massive.
  • "The more connected we get the more alone we become" - Kyle Broflovski©
  • "The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
    The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.
    " - Harmony Cobel
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

Him building cheaper and more sophisticated rockets does not mean his vices should be overlooked.
User avatar
Mick
Support Team Member
Support Team Member
Posts: 26505
Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:49 am

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by Mick »

I’ve got vices but it doesn’t make me a bad person.
  • "The more connected we get the more alone we become" - Kyle Broflovski©
  • "The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
    The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.
    " - Harmony Cobel
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

Mick wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:47 pm I’ve got vices but it doesn’t make me a bad person.
I don't think you tried to contact law enforcement with a fake mass shooting threat to get them to go after a whistleblower. Elon Musk did.
User avatar
Elias
Registered User
Posts: 5152
Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:31 pm
Name: Elias

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by Elias »

Psychopath, if you ask me.
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

Elias wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:36 pm Psychopath, if you ask me.
Indeed. Some of his projects are viable, but I honestly think the man is more of a conman than anything else. His company only existed due to government subsidies and he certainly did not go from rags to riches either. Not to mention that most of his projects are vaporware, with the exception of his rockets.
User avatar
Tastenplayer
Registered User
Posts: 999
Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:20 pm
Location: Village in the middle of Switzerland
Name: Jutta Koliofotis
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by Tastenplayer »

Verified Twitter profiles to soon cost money

*On Twitter, verified profiles could cost money in the future.
*That's the word on at least two technology blogs that cite insider knowledge.
*Elon Musk had announced an overhaul of account verification after taking over the short message service.

Previously, it was free: Verifying the authenticity of a Twitter profile, which is marked with a blue tick next to the profile name. This function is mainly available to celebrities, companies, politicians or journalists as well as accounts with many followers.

On Monday night, however, the technology blogs "Platformer" and "The Verge" reported that the verification ticks will in future only be available to customers of the Twitter Blue subscription service. It currently costs just under five dollars a month.

However, "The Verge" also wrote, citing informed persons and internal communication, that verification is to become part of a new, more expensive Blue version. Twitter wants to charge just under 20 dollars a month for it.

Elon Musk himself announced on Twitter that the account verification process would be revised. He took over the short message service a few days ago - for around 44 billion dollars. The money came partly from sales of his shares in electric car manufacturer Tesla, but also from contributions from investors and loans.

SRF 4 News, 31.10.2022, 5 a.m.; sda/dpa/flal;schl https://www.srf.ch/news/international/uebernahme-durch-elon-musk-gepruefte-twitter-profile-sollen-bald-geld-kosten

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
User avatar
[Dimetrodon]
Registered User
Posts: 438
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:29 am
Location: Paleozoic Era
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by [Dimetrodon] »

If he thinks Twitter is going to be some cash cow, he is certainly mistaken.
User avatar
ssl
Registered User
Posts: 1606
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:15 pm
Location: Le Lude, Pays de la Loire - France
Name: Fred Rimbert
Contact:

Re: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Post by ssl »

Elias wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:36 pm Psychopath, if you ask me.
Of course he is too
Post Reply

Return to “General Discussion”