Genie Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I can't imagine how infuriating it is to find out about changes to the product you work on even the owner posts shit publicly Imagine being a chief at Tesla trying to get things signed off and the boss is too busy playing with his new toy to read his emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 All seems to be going well then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, ml1dch said: All seems to be going well then. Joke's on these people, he got their $8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: All seems to be going well then. 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: Joke's on these people, he got their $8 £8 and got the account suspended. Nice business-model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2022 The reply to the reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 minutes ago, bickster said: You would think they would have people checking that the verified accounts are genuine...... Oh wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 They've either not thought it through at all, or they have, and don't give a toss, and a quick cashgrab is more important than the integrity of their service. He's burning it to the ground whether he means to or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: a quick cashgrab is more important than the integrity of their service. He's burning it to the ground whether he means to or not. A cash grab is important when you've just wasted 44 billion. My guess is that the payment for verification was one of the ideas twitter management was bouncing around for years as a method to generate revenue but they never pursued it as it's flawed and their remit wasn't really to generate revenue. Now Musk has taken over any hair brained idea to make money/cut costs will be implemented as Twitter is basically one giant money pit for him and his ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2022 Twitter is an attention based company - he's creating masses of attention and that's good for twitter - the idea that it has some form of integrity or higher purpose is odd - it's there to get your eyes and collect data about what you want. It's a very short term approach as there's surely no way he can keep this up, but he is at least for the moment sort of protecting the share price by making Twitter a loud noise. Kind of like setting fire to your house at night so people can see how nice the garden looks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Twitter is an attention based company - he's creating masses of attention and that's good for twitter - the idea that it has some form of integrity or higher purpose is odd - it's there to get your eyes and collect data about what you want. It's a very short term approach as there's surely no way he can keep this up, but he is at least for the moment sort of protecting the share price by making Twitter a loud noise. Kind of like setting fire to your house at night so people can see how nice the garden looks. Twitter doesn't have a share price anymore. You'll only find out what its worth when he sells it (or some of it) or it implodes because he won't pay the bills I'd think a partial sell off of shares is highly unlikely to be succesful with Musk still at the helm so its sell or kill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 4 hours ago, bickster said: Twitter doesn't have a share price anymore. You'll only find out what its worth when he sells it (or some of it) or it implodes because he won't pay the bills I'd think a partial sell off of shares is highly unlikely to be succesful with Musk still at the helm so its sell or kill Smart money is probably on the second of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 It’s quite possible we’re witnessing the most disastrous takeover of all time here. I’ve warmed to Twitter since I started using it to follow the Ukraine war, but I think I’d be fine with it collapsing if it was sufficiently funny. Which it is so far. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 I really like Twitter, and thought it had actually got a lot better as it started to clamp down on misinformation - precisely the so-called "censorship" that drove Musk to do this. It's been particularly good for stuff like Ukraine, where if you follow the right accounts you generally get much more up-to-date and reliable coverage than any English-language media outlets. I don't think there's any 4D chess angle to what Musk is doing. We're just watching hubris play out on a vast scale. It happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I won't believe anything is happening until Fabrizio Romano chimes in with his "Here we go". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Presumably there will be another version that springs up in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 He seems to be doing the thing I would do if I were a billionaire. Purchase Blues on the Monday and liquidate them on the Wednesday. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 9 hours ago, choffer said: Did the same with Tesla when the media stopped being a friendly team of people unquestioningly forwarding on their propaganda. This is what happens when you never tell your toddler no, and then they become a billionaire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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