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steve dave · « **Reply #1600 on:** December 16, 2022, 08:59:27 AM »

Quote from: CNS on December 16, 2022, 08:53:17 AM

Turns out paying old Twitter guys $1B out of pocket to not have to buy Twitter would have been the steal of a lifetime.

Hindsight.

I don’t know the specific ends and outs of it but smart business deal people were saying it wasn’t that simple and he was more bigly mumped than that if he tried to back out. Like Twitter, at that point, could have forced him either way. Or at least had a larger action than $1b against him. Something about he would have to show he didn’t have the financial means to transact the deal to get off with only $1b and he couldn’t obviously show that.

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Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1601 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:02:38 AM »

https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1603763258640449537?s=20&t=Y8X2h1CKuXB4L89i4q_6pA

DreamWeaver69 · « **Reply #1602 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:11:20 AM »

Nailed it!

https://twitter.com/1776_man/status/1603767746973442048?s=46&t=PAsG_VnruwXIQnO0I1a3tA

mocat · « **Reply #1603 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:12:51 AM »

MakeItRain · « **Reply #1604 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:21:13 AM »

Quote from: DreamWeaver69 on December 16, 2022, 08:59:11 AM

Sad, but true

https://twitter.com/claytravis/status/1603765229510397957?s=46&t=PAsG_VnruwXIQnO0I1a3tA

What?

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1605 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:33:23 AM »

Quote from: mocat on December 16, 2022, 09:12:51 AM

lmao

amaze

DreamWeaver69 · « **Reply #1606 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:35:58 AM »

100% accurate

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1607 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:48:54 AM »

Quote from: DreamWeaver69 on December 16, 2022, 09:35:58 AM

100% accurate

agreed completely

star seed 7 · « **Reply #1608 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:49:27 AM »

Yes, glad dweaver agrees

OK_Cat · « **Reply #1609 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:49:58 AM »

I don't think he know what it means

DreamWeaver69 · « **Reply #1610 on:** December 16, 2022, 09:55:45 AM »

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603591994244071424?s=46&t=PAsG_VnruwXIQnO0I1a3tA

steve dave · « **Reply #1611 on:** December 16, 2022, 10:15:19 AM »

https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1603783717801058305?s=46&t=8K420W_dXfjAC4pFwrE6ZQ

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sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #1612 on:** December 16, 2022, 10:22:15 AM »

He borrowed money from Ukrainians?

Did they ever find the guy who founded Burisma?

wetwillie · « **Reply #1613 on:** December 16, 2022, 11:07:52 AM »

I knew he took money from CZ, who is the mys dictatorship being mentioned here? First assumption is the saudis since he had that offer to take Tesla private.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1614 on:** December 16, 2022, 11:33:41 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on December 16, 2022, 10:22:15 AM

He borrowed money from Ukrainians?

Did they ever find the guy who founded Burisma?

they don't loan money to whiners

mocat · « **Reply #1615 on:** December 16, 2022, 11:39:08 AM »

Saudis

sys · « **Reply #1616 on:** December 16, 2022, 01:18:09 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on December 16, 2022, 08:59:27 AM

I don’t know the specific ends and outs of it but smart business deal people were saying it wasn’t that simple and he was more bigly mumped than that if he tried to back out. Like Twitter, at that point, could have forced him either way. Or at least had a larger action than $1b against him. Something about he would have to show he didn’t have the financial means to transact the deal to get off with only $1b and he couldn’t obviously show that.

he would have been forced to buy, for sure.

Cire · « **Reply #1617 on:** December 16, 2022, 01:19:35 PM »

https://twitter.com/gabehoff/status/1603566652016283648?s=46&t=JwqZWWmw0bhXgmcprrKVIw

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DreamWeaver69 · « **Reply #1618 on:** December 16, 2022, 01:34:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/alx/status/1603611892047646721?s=46&t=PAsG_VnruwXIQnO0I1a3tA

wetwillie · « **Reply #1619 on:** December 16, 2022, 01:35:33 PM »

I hear truth social is a nice player to reach your target audience

mocat · « **Reply #1620 on:** December 16, 2022, 01:54:08 PM »

If their journalists are banned from twitter why wouldn't they use other platforms. And it's not censorship, anybody that says that is a certified moron

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1621 on:** December 16, 2022, 02:00:04 PM »

Quote from: mocat on December 16, 2022, 01:54:08 PM

If their journalists are banned from twitter why wouldn't they use other platforms. And it's not censorship, anybody that says that is a certified moron

This is it in a nutshell. Continuing to pay a platform that has banned you is like the craziest crap I have heard in a few hours.

free market gonna free market and we will see how it shakes out.

But it isn't censorship.

CNS · « **Reply #1622 on:** December 16, 2022, 02:17:27 PM »

CNN's parent company should buy Gab now that Ye is out. Rebrand.

steve dave · « **Reply #1623 on:** December 16, 2022, 02:21:12 PM »

I think it’s fairly cheap and easy to just start fresh and not buy some POS. Andreessen Horowitz is backing some replacement called Post News right now.

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catastrophe · « **Reply #1624 on:** December 16, 2022, 02:34:46 PM »

Quote from: Dugout DickStone on December 16, 2022, 02:00:04 PM

Quote from: mocat on December 16, 2022, 01:54:08 PM
If their journalists are banned from twitter why wouldn't they use other platforms. And it's not censorship, anybody that says that is a certified moron

This is it in a nutshell. Continuing to pay a platform that has banned you is like the craziest crap I have heard in a few hours.

free market gonna free market and we will see how it shakes out.

But it isn't censorship.

Yes but it's fair to point out that some of the journalistic backlash to the Musk bans also flirted with the stupidity of calling it "dangerous" or undermining "free speech." Twitter's collapse is pretty much inevitable, although there's still the question of whether people just jump to a competitor or whether Musk files for bankruptcy and someone else buys it for pennies on the dollar.