OT Musk/Twitter - The Great Experiment

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  1. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    The more I look into this the more I'm with Musk on it.

    Musk has proposed:
    -Open source the algorithm
    -Remove bots and fake accounts
    -Place a priority on following the law
    -Grey area posts will be allowed
    -Banning would be restricted in favor of temporary time-outs.
    -All corrective actions and removals would have public traceability and explanations of the review process

    I'm actually liking it.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Elon should buy both Chic-fil-A and Twitter on October 31st and see which one he gets first


    Chic or Tweet
     
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  4. ABM

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    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twit...-elon-musk-former-sec-chairman-163756232.html

    Twitter board gets an 'F' for dealing with Elon Musk: former SEC chairman

    Twitter's board (TWTR) is doing a terrible job handling the Elon Musk situation, said former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt.

    "I would give Twitter's board an F," Pitt said on Yahoo Finance Live. "I believe under the circumstances, they needed to check out whether this was a real bid. If it were a real bid, then they needed to do what was in the best interest of their shareholders. This is a price that hadn't been seen in quite some time. The number is at least a legitimate frame of reference and the board's unwillingness to treat it seriously strikes me as worthy of a poor grade."

    The Tesla CEO, who has a 9.2% stake in Twitter, offered to buy the social media platform for $54.20 a share last week. Musk believes the platform should be less reliant on advertising sales and better police its content, among other initial ideas from the unpredictable visionary.

    As to be expected, Twitter is hardly embracing Musk's arrival.

    Soon after Musk's bid, Twitter said it along with its board of directors "will carefully review the proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and all Twitter stockholders."

    Twitter has since enacted a poison pill to keep Musk from acquiring more of the company.

    "We believe the latest development, if anything, is a major distraction for Twitter's management team and further casts doubt on Twitter's ability to achieve its aggressive FY23 mDAU and Revenue guidance (315 million mDAUs in Q4’23 and $7.5 billion plus in revenue for full year 2023), which we are fundamentally cautious about," warned Deutsche Bank analyst Benjamin Black.
     
  5. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/18/twi...oard-musk-says-they-own-almost-no-shares.html

    Ex-CEO Dorsey criticizes Twitter board; Musk says it ‘owns almost no shares!’

    Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey criticized the company’s board in a series of tweets on Sunday as the group is now tasked with evaluating a takeover bid from billionaire Elon Musk.

    Responding to another Twitter user describing the “plots and coups” that played out early on in the history of Twitter’s board, Dorsey replied, “it’s consistently been the dysfunction of the company.”


    Earlier, he responded to another tweet in the same thread. It quoted venture capitalist Fred Destin citing what he called a “Silicon Valley proverb”: “Good boards don’t create good companies, but a bad board will kill a company every time.”

    Dorsey responded, “big facts.”

    Dorsey still sits on Twitter’s board but plans to leave once his term expires at the 2022 meeting of shareholders, which is scheduled for late May..............
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    The steak bites are delicious!

    And cat is male.
     
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  9. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    All cats are female to me.
     
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    SlyPokerCat cats rool dogs drool

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    Wow. So you wanted to meet up with someone you thought was female for drinks that isn't your wife? What would your wife think of that? That's not very Christian of you. Gotta watch out for that temptation!
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Nowhere in the bible are cat sex robots mentioned so both of you are safe.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    No.

    Leviticus 26:22
    I will send cat sex robots against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

    barfo
     
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  13. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    https://nypost.com/2022/04/22/x-holdings/

    Elon Musk may combine Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter into new ‘super company’

    Elon Musk may be laying the groundwork to combine Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter into a new super company.

    As the world’s richest man continues his crusade to take over Twitter, Musk registered three new companies on Tuesday in the tax-friendly state of Delaware under variations of the name “X Holdings.”

    The three new companies appear to be financial maneuvering as part of Musk’s Twitter bid.

    The first company, X Holdings I Inc., lists Musk as president, treasurer and secretary and would be the parent company of Twitter if the billionaire’s bid succeeds, according to Bloomberg, which first spotted the fillings.

    Another entity, X Holdings II Inc., would merge with Twitter as part of the acquisition, while X Holdings III LLC would be used to help fund the transaction, the outlet reported.........
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I can't bring myself to stick with Twitter if Musk owns it (it's not like I'll be losing 100s of followers) - anybody used Mastodon? I tried to go to it and the page is down - obviously a flood of panicked Twitter users are trying to check it out.
     
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    That's just a modern translation. The original Hebrew is ambiguous between "cat sex robots" and "Kath's ex-rabbits" (which makes more sense in context, trust me).
     
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    "Unpredictable visionary" is an interesting euphemism for "giant flaming douchebag".
     
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    Hope spring a turtle:
     
  19. ABM

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    Nah, you're just jealous. ;)
     
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    https://www.reuters.com/technology/...pt-musks-best-final-offer-sources-2022-04-25/

    Twitter set to accept Musk's $43 billion offer

    NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the CEO of Tesla has called his "best and final" offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said.

    Twitter may announce the $54.20-per-share deal later on Monday once its board has met to recommend the transaction to Twitter shareholders, the sources said, adding it was still possible the deal could collapse at the last minute...........
     

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