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BREAKING: Elon is a liar: did not buy twitter after all.

The breakup fee for @Twitter is only $1 billion.

@elonmusk didn’t buy TWTR, but a call option at $44 billion for $1 billion.

I don’t believe he will exercise (close).

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by Anonymousreply 321October 27, 2022 7:07 AM

Big surprise

by Anonymousreply 1April 28, 2022 6:10 PM

Can someone please explain this to me as though I'm sleep deprived and not good with financial things?

by Anonymousreply 2April 28, 2022 6:13 PM

basically he is a liar and has some sort of add or some issue where he starts stuff but never comes through and never finishes. He’s starting to get called out a lot for his inability to see anything through.

by Anonymousreply 3April 28, 2022 6:14 PM

His lie is crumbling in real time

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by Anonymousreply 4April 28, 2022 6:15 PM

This is what he is trying to do here:

Elon Musk is intentionally breaking the agreed upon rules of behavior to get out of the Twitter deal?

Elon pays Twitter a $1B break-up fee vs $44B for the company. And he gets to play victim while blaming the “woke left” for stopping his deal.

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by Anonymousreply 5April 28, 2022 6:16 PM

He always walks while other run,

He just talks while other men act,

He looooooks at this world and wants it all!

So he strikes! Like Thunder No Balls!

by Anonymousreply 6April 28, 2022 6:18 PM

🐻👑

by Anonymousreply 7April 28, 2022 6:19 PM

This one is all mouth.

by Anonymousreply 8April 28, 2022 6:21 PM

[quote]Elon Musk is intentionally breaking the agreed upon rules of behavior to get out of the Twitter deal?

Probably, a lot of people suspected something like this after his previous shenanigans. He's a troll.

by Anonymousreply 9April 28, 2022 6:23 PM

Raise your hand if u fell for it?

by Anonymousreply 10April 28, 2022 6:23 PM

I will swear off breaking news forever if the whole stunt turns out to be some fake news drama making people go crazy (we're losing Twitter! Trump will be back on Twitter! Musk buys Twitter like regular people buy bread! Aaaaaah!").

by Anonymousreply 11April 28, 2022 6:24 PM

Straight bros love him for getting away with calling the rescue diver Pedo-Guy

by Anonymousreply 12April 28, 2022 6:26 PM

Why are all these people with too much money totally batshit crazy?

by Anonymousreply 13April 28, 2022 6:27 PM

Can’t imagine having all that money just to waste on a failed takeover

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by Anonymousreply 14April 28, 2022 6:29 PM

Elon is a fucking 🧌!

Everyone knows this maniac is a damn annoying troll. He needs a hobby or to actually WORK!

by Anonymousreply 15April 28, 2022 6:32 PM

He's crooked and soulless, perfect trillionaire material.

by Anonymousreply 16April 28, 2022 8:58 PM

Best news I've heard all day! Now crawl away asshole.

by Anonymousreply 17April 28, 2022 10:12 PM

So....this was his "plan two"?

by Anonymousreply 18April 28, 2022 10:14 PM

So is this final? He had to fork over the money today and he didn’t? Apologies, this stuff is confusing!

by Anonymousreply 19April 28, 2022 10:14 PM

So all those Twitter snowflakes went berserk over nothing?

by Anonymousreply 20April 28, 2022 10:15 PM

When can I start tweeting again?

by Anonymousreply 21April 28, 2022 10:16 PM

Don is still banned...hehe.

by Anonymousreply 22April 28, 2022 10:18 PM

So all of those right wingers on Fox fingering themselves over this was all for naught? HA HA!

by Anonymousreply 23April 28, 2022 10:20 PM

It takes a long time to close a large corporate transaction. There is typically a penalty if the buyer pulls out before the closing. In this deal, the penalty is pretty low in relation to the size of the deal —$1 billion. Given Musk’s flaky reputation, this has raised some eyebrows.

In effect, Musk has paid $1 billion for the right to buy Twitter for $44 billion in a few months. If the stock tanks by more than $1 billion below the purchase price, he may come out ahead by walking away and forfeiting the $1 billion. That’s how the structure of the deal is similar to buying an option to buy Twitter.

Of course he might walk away for other reasons, too. Losing $1 billion will not affect his life at all. No

by Anonymousreply 24April 28, 2022 10:21 PM

So he paid a billion dollars to look like an asshole? I don't get it.

by Anonymousreply 25April 28, 2022 10:21 PM

Well, if Twitter is worth more than $44 billion, he goes through with the deal and keeps the $1 billion.

by Anonymousreply 26April 28, 2022 10:25 PM

He may still see the takeover through. Don't celebrate too soon. That fat lady hasn't sung yet.

by Anonymousreply 27April 28, 2022 10:26 PM

🐻👑

by Anonymousreply 28April 28, 2022 10:27 PM

HE HAS NOT PAID ANYTHING YET, he has not bought Twitter yet, and this is all speculation.

All the board has done is agree to present the shareholders with the offer to buy Twitter. I am not sure if he's actually signed this agreement or not, or if it's the agreement the board is presenting to the shareholders.

Elon had shown the board that he had agreements from various banks to loan him around $25B of the money at somewhat high interest rates, and he has said he will provide the other part of the money through sale of Tesla stock as well as the few billion he has on hand. Tesla's stock tanked a bit (it's wildly overvalued anyway) because they are expecting him to sell $20 billion in stock or stock options (I'm guessing stock options, because that would dilute the existing share value).

He has been trolling harder than usual the past week, likely basking in all the attention he's getting for it (he's like Trump in that way). Some people have speculated that he is intentionally trying to sabotage the deal by sending his followers after certain Twitter executives. He always does this in response to someone else's Tweet, though, and no one seems exactly sure if he's violating the clause or not. I imagine this is up to Twitter's lawyers and his if they want to enforce it. I would expect them not to - he basically just does whatever he likes. He skirts the lines of the rules, sometimes going a bit too far and getting in trouble (like he did with the SEC). Typical troll behavior. I think this is just him trying to show he doesn't have to follow anyone's rules, and he's pretty much right - he has the money to do what he wants, which is bad for all of us.

I have been irritated at the idiots on Twitter who don't read anything but the headlines and assume that Elon just bought Twitter earlier this week and he is running things now, which is not the case. All the people saying "Elon unban this person!" are ignorant, and Tucker Carlson and a few other Conservatrolls coming back on Twitter misled people into thinking Elon had unbanned them overnight, which isn't the case - they had been refusing to use Twitter because they got their account access disabled by committing the unforgivable sin of misgendering a trans person (which is also what the Twitter executive that Elon is trolling was defending to Joe Rogan). Elon has no control over Twitter currently.

Whether or not he follows through with it, I have no idea. If he does not, he has to pay Twitter $1B. If Twitter pulls out of it, they have to pay him $1B. It may take through the end of the year for any of this to be finalized. My guess is that Elon will try to go through with it but the stockholders won't sell, and he will end up getting $1B for nothing.

All the drama queens who left Twitter already because they thought Elon was already in control, are over-dramatic idiots. Twitter feels somewhat different because so many of them have left - they do not survive well in communities where there isn't strict control over what others are allowed to say. I think most of them came to Twitter when Tumblr banned porn. And the announcement that Elon was buying Twitter caused a lot of people who had abandoned it to come back to it, or make new accounts, because a lot of conservative stars have gained many followers this week.

by Anonymousreply 29April 28, 2022 10:38 PM

This thing is really making some of you batshit crazy isn’t it? If you’re this mouth foaming invested in a chat-post toy on the Internet, you’re mentally unwell.

by Anonymousreply 30April 28, 2022 10:42 PM

Oh, and no one looking at the numbers thinks this is a wise business decision for Elon to buy Twitter. That's where Scott Galloway is coming from and the other business gurus because it does not make logical sense and $44B is a lot of money for a pet project. They think that underneath the hideous trolly exterior, Elon is a logical person and will back out of the deal.

by Anonymousreply 31April 28, 2022 10:43 PM

[quote] All the drama queens who left Twitter already because they thought Elon was already in control, are over-dramatic idiots.

Most just "threatened" to leave. Of course, they won't even if Elon buys it. Just like all the celebrities who said they were going to Canada if Trump won.

by Anonymousreply 32April 28, 2022 10:43 PM

r30 Twitter has 20% of the US population on it, and a lot of the news media is on it and a lot of media stories happen because of it, and it can very much influence political opinion enough to sway elections, so yes, it's a big deal. It is not as big of a deal as the people shrieking and deleting their accounts are making it out to be, though.

by Anonymousreply 33April 28, 2022 10:44 PM

Musk needs his Tesla stock to fund part of the purchase, and the value of that stock is dropping. Also, Twitter stock is trading below Musk’s $44 billion offer, indicating that stock traders do not believe that the sale will go through.

by Anonymousreply 34April 28, 2022 10:45 PM

r32 I'm sure most of them haven't, however Twitter itself reported that there had been a larger-than-usual number of accounts that have been deleted, as well as a larger-than-usual number of new follower activity that had happened earlier this week, likely due to the announcement. Stars with millions of followers saw significant dips of 80k, etc., whereas conservative stars saw significant increases in followers. Twitter said this was "organic behavior" which means it wasn't just bots.

by Anonymousreply 35April 28, 2022 10:46 PM

r34 Elon lost some of his net worth but still has plenty of money. The investors of Tesla were pricing his selling his shares into the stock price, which is why it went down. Twitter's stock price is under the sale value by about $5 but it is holding pretty strong there as most other stocks are tanking at the moment. Elon made fun of Bill Gates with some childish thing saying he looked pregnant because Bill Gates shorted Tesla stock (which Elon hates) and made a nice bundle off of it, I'm sure.

by Anonymousreply 36April 28, 2022 10:49 PM

I hope this weaselfaced cunt troll takes off on the next rocket blasting off Earth and doesn't come back. He shouldn't own the rights to two chalkboards looped over a toothless hobo's shoulders with the offer of $3 blowjobs written on them, much less owning that much of Twitter.

by Anonymousreply 37April 28, 2022 11:10 PM

This is not true, OP. Maybe you shouldn't get your news from Twitter Headlines!

by Anonymousreply 38April 28, 2022 11:23 PM

So the rumor about his finances was true... he doesn't have the cash to go through with the deal.

by Anonymousreply 39April 29, 2022 9:18 PM

R39, no, he did not. The financing for the deal is not yet in place. Musk had to sell off about $8 billion in Tesla stock, driving down its price, to raise some of the cash. He will have to put up a lot of, well, something, as security for borrowing even more money.

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by Anonymousreply 40April 29, 2022 9:29 PM

Is there an actual source for this that isn't hysterical Twitter blue checks?

by Anonymousreply 41April 29, 2022 9:45 PM

R41, what is it that you need a source for? Musk has an agreement to buy Twitter at a fixed price. He hasn’t bought it yet; he is still in the process of assembling financing, which has required him to part with some of his stake in Tesla and will require him to pledge even more states as security for loans. He doesn’t HAVE to complete the transaction; he could back out, or there could be a snag in putting the deal together.

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by Anonymousreply 42April 29, 2022 11:17 PM

I'm not sure, but I think it's pretty much a done deal? I heard it on the news.

by Anonymousreply 43April 30, 2022 12:15 PM

What about the other reports that it’s nowhere near a done deal and that it probably won’t happen?

Any comment on that r43. You know, the entire basis for this thread?

by Anonymousreply 44April 30, 2022 2:16 PM

R41, meet R40, which I think is a very good and credible answer to what you are looking for.

by Anonymousreply 45April 30, 2022 2:35 PM

Yes, thank you R40. Great link.

As expected, he has every reason to back out. This is all just a pathetic stunt from a man who doesn't really live in the real world.

by Anonymousreply 46April 30, 2022 2:45 PM

Why do so many people believe he actually bought twitter? How can there be that many gullible idiots out there. How do they feed themselves and clothe themselves?

People you got to be smarter than this. Don’t make it so easy.

by Anonymousreply 47April 30, 2022 2:52 PM

We live in an over the top sensationalized world where media pushes our buttons to stay engaged. And that is not healthy for us in the long run.

by Anonymousreply 48April 30, 2022 3:00 PM

Will the media print retractions or are we going to pretend they didn’t also fall for this?

What a disaster. How can this be a good business sense?this guy’s “success” seems more like blind luck. Am I the only one who doesn’t buy that he’s some business genius?

Am I the only one who can see through this crap? Do I have some sort of rare gift? I don’t believe something just because I read it. Am I the only one in the world like this?

by Anonymousreply 49April 30, 2022 3:27 PM

This guy seems fundamentally dishonest. How is that an admirable trait?

by Anonymousreply 50April 30, 2022 3:38 PM

R36 - “ but still has plenty of money. ”. … um, no. If Tesla dips a bunch, he’s got very big problems.

by Anonymousreply 51April 30, 2022 4:14 PM

All it will take is another horrific Tesla fire to which Elon will respond like the sociopath he is and Boom.

by Anonymousreply 52April 30, 2022 4:20 PM

I love R37.

by Anonymousreply 53April 30, 2022 5:32 PM

I always thought if he is involved in 10% of the shady stuff that gossip sites tend to say he is then he is the biggest crook in the USA.

by Anonymousreply 54April 30, 2022 6:04 PM

This thread reads like severe denial and wishful thinking. I wish somebody had something substantial to back this up with.

by Anonymousreply 55April 30, 2022 6:51 PM
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by Anonymousreply 56April 30, 2022 6:52 PM

Is the argument essentially that since Elon still has the ability to back out on the deal, that he's planning to? There could be some substance to that. Twitter has overestimated its user base for years (by counting bots as users,) which means the company is overvalued. Musk could claim fraud and cancel the purchase.

by Anonymousreply 57April 30, 2022 6:53 PM

^although the owner of Tesla whining that another company is overvalued is rich to say the least.

by Anonymousreply 58April 30, 2022 6:54 PM

It's nothing like a call option. The stock won't rise above $44 and it won't fall much below $44. $44 is also a premium over what was mrkr value.

by Anonymousreply 59April 30, 2022 7:01 PM

I hate this fucking so much. What a needy attention whore.

by Anonymousreply 60April 30, 2022 7:08 PM

fucking guy*

by Anonymousreply 61April 30, 2022 7:08 PM

R59 I wondered if this was just cope.

by Anonymousreply 62April 30, 2022 11:51 PM

R57. A company being overvalued isn't fraud, dear. Otherwise Tesla would be incredibly guilty of that since it is valued more than the next 10 most valuable car companies put together despite arguably providing little over it's competition.

To those saying it's "wishful thinking" - some people actually don't care either way whether Musk completes the purchase or not. However, Musk has an exit option where he can pay $1 billion and be let out of the deal, a remarkably low bond considering the deal is for over $40 billion and Musk apparently has a reputation for instability. He would be taking on a lot of debt for a company that doesn't produce much revenue and he's leveraging his Tesla shares to do it (he's already had to liquidate $8 billion worth of Tesla shares). Given there has already been a lot of discussion about how it's a bad deal generally, and that's probably why the board made such a turnaround on the deal, I wouldn't be surprised if he does back out.

That's assuming his ego lets him though.

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by Anonymousreply 63May 1, 2022 12:33 AM

I’m never going to join twitter or buy a Tesla. Let them destroy each other. Both companies ridiculously over valued.

by Anonymousreply 64May 1, 2022 12:42 AM

It's no surprise this fucking dickhead is the hero of right-wing idiots. A lying, trolling, greedy, immature sack of shit.

by Anonymousreply 65May 1, 2022 12:44 AM

Elon, is a piece of shit, as always. Never change, Elon, never change!

by Anonymousreply 66May 1, 2022 12:49 AM

I wish he’d stick to doing SpaceX launches. I went to Florida to see the Falcon Heavy go up and it was spectacular. And now they’ve taken astronauts up to the ISS. They really are working in space.

I considered becoming a Starlink customer for internet service but I don’t live in so rural an area that I need to and I considered buying a Tesla for the environmental benefits but I was living in a rental that didn’t have a charging station. The guy’s work is just ahead of its time, and that’s great.

But then he always seems to take some bizarre outside loop (SEVEN children now??) and I have to reassess.

by Anonymousreply 67May 1, 2022 1:03 AM

[quote] A company being overvalued isn't fraud, dear.

But it's a bubble waiting to burst at any moment. At some point, that will be taken into account when it comes to collateral (if it isn't already).

by Anonymousreply 68May 1, 2022 6:41 AM

From Fortune magazine, an exhaustive overview of the proposed deal. One new detail: Musk has not only pledged Tesla stock as security for part of the financing, he has personally guaranteed that loan, which is to say, if he can't repay it out of the sale of Tesla stock, the banks can reach his other assets.

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by Anonymousreply 69May 1, 2022 2:34 PM

I hope he loses everything, including his hairplugs.

by Anonymousreply 70May 1, 2022 2:39 PM

DL is going to be so happy when he overdoses. He still does party drugs which can easily be cut with fentanyl

by Anonymousreply 71May 1, 2022 2:39 PM

Just a bump to point out that Musk still does not own Twitter (and is probably going to be investigated by the SEC).

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by Anonymousreply 72May 13, 2022 12:51 AM

I'm tired of hearing about this attention whore and his daily stunts.

by Anonymousreply 73May 13, 2022 12:53 AM

Tesla stock is tanking. Good. I hope he slit his own throat.

by Anonymousreply 74May 13, 2022 1:05 AM

I will never buy a Tesla and I will never crate a Twitter account.

by Anonymousreply 75May 13, 2022 1:16 AM

Should we start a GoFundMe for poor Elon?

by Anonymousreply 76May 13, 2022 1:57 AM

He would find that GoFundMe stifles "free speech", he strikes me more as a GiveSendGo kind of guy.

by Anonymousreply 77May 13, 2022 1:58 AM

Heads at Twitter have started rolling

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by Anonymousreply 78May 13, 2022 2:16 AM

Oh my

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by Anonymousreply 79May 13, 2022 2:19 AM

As of 3 hours ago

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by Anonymousreply 80May 13, 2022 2:20 AM

Oh I do hope this fucks Elon and that he has to pay $1bn. All the people saying that 1bn is nothing are wrong, it's a huge amount of money and will hurt him.

by Anonymousreply 81May 13, 2022 2:22 AM

[quote]Tesla stock is tanking. Good. I hope he slit his own throat.

Current price of Tesla stock: 728.00 USD

Current price of GM stock: 35.56 USD

Current price of Lucid stock 15.69 USD

by Anonymousreply 82May 13, 2022 2:31 AM

The price of Tesla stock makes no sense to me...

by Anonymousreply 83May 13, 2022 2:32 AM

R83 Yeah, gee, I wonder why.

This might be a clue: "Tesla operates over 30,000 Superchargers in over 2,564 stations worldwide"

You do realize that no other car manufacturer has anything remotely like that?

by Anonymousreply 84May 13, 2022 2:42 AM

[quote] DL is going to be so happy when he overdoses. He still does party drugs which can easily be cut with fentanyl

Where’d you hear that?

by Anonymousreply 85May 13, 2022 2:58 AM

He's such a scumbag. I really hope that there's a mass exodus at Twitter of the engineers who start another platform for normal people and just leave twitter to the parasites and cockroaches who worship complete assholes like Musk and Trump.

by Anonymousreply 86May 13, 2022 3:03 AM

The Tesla plant in China ceased production. Sales down 98%!

by Anonymousreply 87May 13, 2022 3:29 AM

Elon has tweeted that his $44bn deal to buy twitter is on hold, waiting for details supporting the calculation that fake and spam accounts represent less than 5% of the users on its platform, as Twitter said in a filing earlier this month.

Musk linked to a Reuters report from May 2, which said Twitter estimated that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter.

He definitely sounds like he's looking for an out. Everyone knows that there are lots of fake accounts on pretty much any social media.

by Anonymousreply 88May 13, 2022 10:28 AM

Twitter shares on track to open at $34.60, down from around $45 last night, and away from Musk’s agreed offer of $54.20.

Sounds like Twitter played this well and could collect a cool $1bn.

by Anonymousreply 89May 13, 2022 10:30 AM

Congrats to Elon. He managed to become the biggest troll there is, out-trolling Trump himself.

by Anonymousreply 90May 13, 2022 10:42 AM

I think he's in serious danger of having out-trolled himself this time.

by Anonymousreply 91May 13, 2022 10:44 AM

Neither statement is breaking news OP.

by Anonymousreply 92May 13, 2022 10:57 AM

The thread was started 3 weeks ago dumbass.

by Anonymousreply 93May 13, 2022 11:01 AM

Everyone knows that there are lots of fake accounts on pretty much any social media r88, yet Twitter thinks it can lie about its level of fake accounts and potential buyers are supposed to believe the lies.

by Anonymousreply 94May 13, 2022 11:07 AM

[quote]Elon has tweeted that his $44bn deal to buy twitter is on hold, waiting for details supporting the calculation that fake and spam accounts represent less than 5% of the users on its platform, as Twitter said in a filing earlier this month.

Why would this [bold]less than 5%[/bold] number lead to the deal being put on hold?

by Anonymousreply 95May 13, 2022 11:11 AM

We all know that Twitter has a bot and fake accounts problem. Elon Musk looks like an even bigger loser using that excuse now.

by Anonymousreply 96May 13, 2022 11:14 AM

Ok, R93.

Neither statement is breaking news OP, then or now.

by Anonymousreply 97May 13, 2022 11:24 AM

At the time I said Musk was an idiot, but surely not so dumb that he didn't know Twitter had a huge amount of bots and fake accounts, and now here he is, telling us he really WAS that dumb.

by Anonymousreply 98May 13, 2022 11:25 AM
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by Anonymousreply 99May 13, 2022 11:57 AM

He is just only now understanding what pretty much everyone does - that paying that much for Twitter is buying a giant lemon. Tesla shareholders aren't happy about it either.

by Anonymousreply 100May 13, 2022 12:00 PM

R97, I’ve been receiving news alerts all morning that the deal is on hold. News alert=breaking news.

by Anonymousreply 101May 13, 2022 12:04 PM

For a troll of that magnitude even Twitter is too small a platform. I'm actually waiting for him to announce his 2024 presidential campaign.

by Anonymousreply 102May 13, 2022 12:07 PM

Look at r92 saying that now, THREE WEEKS LATER!

This was news at the time. Elon was lying and there were all sorts of headlines: Elon buys twitter.

by Anonymousreply 103May 13, 2022 12:16 PM

“On hold” my ass

Elon is a prick and a flake.

by Anonymousreply 104May 13, 2022 12:16 PM

“spam accounts represent less than 5% of the users on its platform, as Twitter said in a filing earlier this month.

This is a scandal in itself. That should be it’s own thread. The load of crap this is.

by Anonymousreply 105May 13, 2022 12:18 PM

Keep this thread going. The other thread is trying to re-write history like we weren’t here calling this crap out from the start.

by Anonymousreply 106May 13, 2022 12:29 PM

What's up with the *specifically* wanting to give Trump his account back? It looks like that Elon wants to get Trump elected since Twitter was the biggest way Trump got so much attention and media coverage. I guess Trump does the tax cuts thing...

Maybe Elon should ask Putin to put up the money.

by Anonymousreply 107May 13, 2022 12:30 PM

[Quote]I'm actually waiting for him to announce his 2024 presidential campaign.

Thankfully that is never gonna happen since the troll was born in South Africa. This rule also spared us a Schwarzenegger presidential campaign.

by Anonymousreply 108May 13, 2022 12:31 PM

Notice that two execs were pushed out over this fake deal in order to make musk happy.

Now he’s not buying it so the people were ousted for nothing.

Except maybe that was the plan. To squeeze out two execs who were pushing the plump ban.

by Anonymousreply 109May 13, 2022 12:34 PM

Of course he's looking for an out. He's an impulsive narcissist who didn't do his homework. Everyone has been saying it's a bad deal and now he's getting cold feet because he actually did some basic math.

Let Twitter collect their $1 billion and be on their way. I personally can't wait for the Conservative meltdown once Elon pulls out.

by Anonymousreply 110May 13, 2022 12:34 PM

Imagine that, the biggest flake in history managed to flake out on a mega deal. What a shock.

by Anonymousreply 111May 13, 2022 12:35 PM

Teslas stock is basically in free fall. Couldn’t have happened to more deserving lot.

by Anonymousreply 112May 13, 2022 12:35 PM

Someone needs to pay Grimes to smother him with a pillow while he sleeps.

by Anonymousreply 113May 13, 2022 12:35 PM

Scumbag! He knows if he puts dumpy back on there, there goes 80% of his customers for his shitty go karts.

by Anonymousreply 114May 13, 2022 12:35 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 115May 13, 2022 12:39 PM

R1O9. I think the two executives were responsible for consumer content and revenue. My suspicion is that if/when Musk's deal falls through, it will also be a bad look for Twitter since it's an indicator their business isn't profitable or sustainable, especially since the stock price has been declining.

So Twitter will need to rework it's model to boost investor confidence. I wouldn't be surprised if Musk's subscription idea was being seriously considered.

I hate to give Musk, that idiotic narcissist, any credit but this deal might expose how overvalued Twitter's stock price is, and for the low, low price of $1 billion. Maybe Musk is hoping he can pull out, watch stock decline and then offer to buy later. Of course, there'll be plenty of other sharks looking to take a bite too, so it'll depend on what moves Twitter makes next to demonstrate their value to investors/potential buyers.

by Anonymousreply 116May 13, 2022 12:42 PM

His announcement to reinstate Dump's account was so ridiculous. He should have signed the deal first before he announced any major changes that alienated a lot of members.

If he really doesn't buy Twitter, I'll be very happy. This announcement made me sick to my stomach. I use Twitter a lot and it's currently my main news source, but I would have immediately deleted my account with Musk as CEO and Trump back on the platform.

by Anonymousreply 117May 13, 2022 12:43 PM

R117 How does Trump being on Twitter affect you? You're not forced to follow him. And it's not like people don't talk about him all the time whether he's on there or not. And if the latter bothers you, you can always use the filter to not see any reference to him (or anyone else).

by Anonymousreply 118May 13, 2022 12:47 PM

R115. I'm inclined to believe Twitter, more or less, here. It seems probable to me that the fluctuations are largely organic and that Conservatives are just signing up in preparation for the return of their fat savior whilst liberals leave.

It's also possible they lifted some of the restraints on bots which have boosted Conservative follower numbers. I'm sure that's the main reason for such surges.

I never understood this "shadow-banning" stuff to be honest. How does that even work? What "shackles" do people think Twitter can realistically put on people's accounts to limit followers?

by Anonymousreply 119May 13, 2022 12:49 PM

Only 5% of users on Twitter are bots??

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

Bitch, 100% of users know that is a complete lie. MOST of Twitter is bots and fake users. Completely ridiculous. The entire board of Twitter should be removed.

by Anonymousreply 120May 13, 2022 12:52 PM

“I hate to give Musk, that idiotic narcissist, any credit”

Why would you? Credit for what? He lied and flaked out as usual. That is his m.o. He never can complete anything. He is all talk. Hyper loops and driverless cars and a Tesla truck. We’ve seen it all before. It’s all on paper.

People are starting to realize the guy is a shameless flake so don’t sit here and try to rewrite history. DL is on to you

by Anonymousreply 121May 13, 2022 12:53 PM

The 5% thing seems like intentional fraud to me.

by Anonymousreply 122May 13, 2022 12:54 PM

Elon is a fraud. Anybody who is not getting that yet is just plain dumb.

by Anonymousreply 123May 13, 2022 12:54 PM

R118 You're constantly confronted with his tweets, statements and shenanigans the minute he's back on Twitter and I don't want that. It already sucks that his spokeswoman is allowed to post his statements on Twitter and lots of authors retweet and always comment on it. These idiots can't just ignore him and always give him the attention and platform he desperately needs.

by Anonymousreply 124May 13, 2022 12:55 PM

R119 All those sudden gains (for the right) and sudden purges (on the left) happened on the same day. Nah. I call bullshit.

If you're shadow banned on Twitter it means that you can tweet like normal but you're going to notice that there's been a sudden drop in engagement (likes, comments) because most or all of your tweets no longer show up in the feeds of those who follow you. Your followers have to go to your actual page in order to see your tweets. And if they don't they'll just assume you're not posting on Twitter anymore as they're not seeing you in their feed throughout the day.

by Anonymousreply 125May 13, 2022 12:56 PM

R124 Cut the shit. There are plenty of people I don't like on Twitter. What do I do? I don't follow them and I put their name in my filter. I also don't follow people who can't shut up about the people I don't like. It's really quite simple. Your Twitter experience (good or bad) really is up to you and your own behavior.

by Anonymousreply 126May 13, 2022 12:58 PM

Why is Musk putting Twitter bid on hold? NY Times weeks ago: "The terms of Musk’s margin loan stated that he must pay off the entire debt if Tesla stock falls more than 40 percent from its price on the day of the loan." Tesla was $1100 a share then, today $730. Almost 40% drop.

Does anyone know what that means?

by Anonymousreply 127May 13, 2022 1:05 PM

Nobody should have a forum for spouting dangerous propaganda and intention lies to spread Covid.

Anybody doing that should be blocked for life. Don’t complicate it with “dueling theories”.

It’s just stupid. Ban these assholes for life and never look back. Don’t loose a wink of sleep people. Block right wing dangerous propagandist from every outlet.

by Anonymousreply 128May 13, 2022 1:07 PM

R125. That makes sense. But I still don't think that should affect follower count in such a drastic way as we are supposedly seeing. Ensuring tweets don't appear on your followers' threads only prevents engagement right? Which means fewer likes and comments. Some people might stop following a person because of that but I doubt in the numbers they are talking about.

I suppose if the tweet doesn't appear on your followers' thread they don't tend to retweet, and I do wonder how that is affected. Do retweets from a "shadow-banned" account not appear on the threads of the follower's followers?

Even then, I would imagine people like DT Jr. more or less have all the organic growth in followers they are going to get. Increased exposure shouldn't cause such upswings in follower count. I could see it happening on some less well-known Conservative personalities though.

But if this all did take place on the same day it can't be due to the lifting of this "shadow-ban". That wouldn't cause a drastic increase in 1 day. You would expect a steep incline over a period of time as engagement rapidly grows again. 10,000 people all logged on that day, saw a tweet from DT Jr. and decided to follow? Sounds implausible to me.

No, I would suggest the only way people would get that many followers so fast is from bots.

by Anonymousreply 129May 13, 2022 1:08 PM

I think this entire story is a cover for a massive market manipulation orchestrated by Musk... he's controlling the insider information. He (or those working for him) are buying and selling these stocks which are swinging massively in predicable directions based on the news he generates... massive profits along the way. He is in control of the narrative... Tesla was never anything more than a market mover that happens to make cool looking gizmos in a unique consumer space... it's all about the predictable rises and falls of the stock price.

by Anonymousreply 130May 13, 2022 1:10 PM

There is someone on this thread stealthily trying to do damage control for Elon.

Are they doing this for free? What a gimp. You will never be As rich as Elon was at his height before the rapid fall.

Stop being pawns for these types.

by Anonymousreply 131May 13, 2022 1:11 PM

Not even 10,000 people actually. Article says 87,000 people. That's a lot of people who supposedly didn't know DT Jr. was on Twitter, logged on that day to see one of his (formerly shadow-banned) tweets, or perhaps a re-tweet from one of his followers, and then decided to follow him.

by Anonymousreply 132May 13, 2022 1:11 PM

The Tesla name is mud now. Radioactive.

by Anonymousreply 133May 13, 2022 1:15 PM

R129 In the article I posted above about the sudden gains and purges, one of the rightwing media people (I forget who - it's a woman) mentioned that she had had to follow the same (shadow banned) people over and over again because Twitter was reversing her follows. After Twitter removed their thumb from the scale she was suddenly seeing people in her feed she hadn't seem in months even though they'd been tweeting every day.

Facebook does a similar thing to business owners in an effort to make them desperate enough to pay Facebook more and more so their posts will actually be seen by the people who already follow them but aren't seeing their posts.

by Anonymousreply 134May 13, 2022 1:23 PM

This morning he tweeted the deal is on hold until Twitter Acknowledges the troll bot situation

by Anonymousreply 135May 13, 2022 1:34 PM

And you believe him r135. That it’s just on hold. And he changed his mind because of the bots? It’s so easily disprovable. Why don’t you just buy a bridge from some shady conman on the internet. You people are just as bad as the con men themselves. These people have to know it’s fake but they want to belong to something so they let themselves be taken advantage of just to have something going on.

by Anonymousreply 136May 13, 2022 1:40 PM

R134. That's interesting. The reversing of followers is probably the pertinent part here, assuming it actually happens. I can see why Facebook would do something like that, since they have revenue streams to consider. But Twitter reversing follows doesn't really make fiscal sense.

It's a clever way to discourage certain users from the platform though.

by Anonymousreply 137May 13, 2022 1:40 PM

I'm sure nobody here believes him R136. But I do think it's funny that he wants them to "acknowledge" the situation.

What does he want them to do once they've "acknowledged" it? Surely he can fix that situation once he takes over right?

Joking, of course he can't. He's a moron.

by Anonymousreply 138May 13, 2022 1:41 PM
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by Anonymousreply 139May 13, 2022 1:43 PM

[quote]spam accounts represent less than 5% of the users on its platform

I don't know how they get away with this lie to their shareholders. I guess they do it by very narrowly defining "spam" in such a way that they can claim such small numbers, but that can't possibly work for long.

by Anonymousreply 140May 13, 2022 1:45 PM

Hmmm how did DL know 3 weeks ago he would flake out and not get the job done, but the media did not?

Something stinks here. The media got played again by another billionaire. What a joke.

by Anonymousreply 141May 13, 2022 1:46 PM

Analysts think that this is just a pretext for him to back out of the deal.

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by Anonymousreply 142May 13, 2022 1:47 PM

R141. Media has known, it's just the general public who haven't been paying attention.

Articles were coming out weeks ago with business insiders saying it's a bad deal.

by Anonymousreply 143May 13, 2022 1:49 PM

R138 I'm sure those who pay Twitter for advertising would love to know that Twitter has been lying to them for years about how many people are actually seeing their ads. Will Twitter pay back the ill-gotten billions?

Just like how "popular" influencers over on Instagram buy bot followers from Thailand and the like in order to beef up their follower numbers and get more money and opportunities due to said "followers".

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by Anonymousreply 144May 13, 2022 1:49 PM

The problem with the shadowbanning claims from the right is that, when I was regularly on Twitter, I'd see someone supposedly shadowbanned on my feed every single day. I'd do a search and see at least one rightwinger who would have "SHADOWBANNED BY @JACK" in their userid, or their pinned tweet or profile would be "I'm shadowbanned by the liberal elite who own Twitter!" or something.

If they were truly shadowbanned, I wouldn't be getting their posts in my feed. You'd see people replying to them, "you're not shadowbanned, I just got you in my search results" and they'd get piled on by rightwingers and bots calling them liars.

Ultimately, it was just another conspiracy theory, and the story that a bunch of them were suddenly NOT shadowbanned when Elon "bought" Twitter is another lie, because he never bought Twitter and he had no influence over the company or its moderation policies.

These people just want you to believe that a liberal cabal of evil-doers were banning them unfairly and Elon Musk saved the day. It's not true.

by Anonymousreply 145May 13, 2022 1:51 PM

Good. Because I don't want to see the Orange shithead on Twitter evah.

by Anonymousreply 146May 13, 2022 1:54 PM

R128 is a fascist . Agree with me or banned for life!

by Anonymousreply 147May 13, 2022 1:54 PM

Suck on this

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by Anonymousreply 148May 13, 2022 1:55 PM

R144. I doubt Twitter is doing anything (obviously) illegal since that would be fraud and put the whole company in jeopardy.

I wouldn't worry about advertising companies, they are no doubt aware what the numbers really are. They do a lot of research beforehand.

by Anonymousreply 149May 13, 2022 1:56 PM

Twitter is a bunch of ones and zeros. What it is really worth? Advertising revenue, ok, but that can go anywhere at anytime.

I think tech stocks are super inflated and if we could ever get any real competition then they would go kaput.

by Anonymousreply 150May 13, 2022 1:56 PM

R145 Why are you following people you hate? That's not good for your mental health. Why are you doing that to yourself?

by Anonymousreply 151May 13, 2022 1:56 PM

R149 I think you are mistaken.

by Anonymousreply 152May 13, 2022 1:57 PM

Elon Musk sez Chinese workers "won't even leave the factory, type of thing, whereas in America, people are trying to avoid going to work at all."

Asshole.

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by Anonymousreply 153May 13, 2022 1:57 PM

R149 is suddenly very pro-corporation. Of course a massive corporation like Twitter would never lie or engage in shenanigans for a buck or bias for political reasons.

by Anonymousreply 154May 13, 2022 1:58 PM

[quote]Clearly the powers that be were purging bot accounts and otherwise removing their thumbs from the scale so everything looks more or less legit once the new crew take over.

Yeah, this never happened. Your Daily Mail article that quotes Don Jr. is -- and I'm sorry to be so blunt here -- just a rightwing tabloid quoting a rightwing coke fiend liar and fraud. There was no real proof other than a Social Blade screenshot that told only part of the story. If you look you'll see he had other jumps in followers that were just as large.

Considering I got the cokehead's posts in my feed all the time despite having him blocked, and I saw him trending regularly despite this alleged shadowban, you'll excuse me if I don't buy this story one bit.

What really happened is that the rightwing troll brigade saw people upset that Elon would buy Twitter and concocted a story to "own the libs." That's all.

by Anonymousreply 155May 13, 2022 1:59 PM

The real freefall is in Twitter stock. It seems they have made fraudulent representations about their user base. Musk will renegotiate and get it at half his original offer.

I know many of you do not like him, but he is not stupid.

by Anonymousreply 156May 13, 2022 1:59 PM

R150 I have Ad Blocker and UBlock Origin so I never see ads on Twitter or Facebook. Do Twitter and Facebook (and the companies that pay Twitter and Facebook millions) aware of how many real people are on the site but can't see any of the ads due to ad blockers? Genuine question. So even if the numbers are inflated by bot accounts, they're also inflated because so many people have ad blockers and therefore aren't seeing the ads either.

by Anonymousreply 157May 13, 2022 2:01 PM

R155 But we're supposed to believe that you not only have the Trumps blocked but are also seeing their posts in your feed? That's bullshit. Unless you're following people who keep retweeting them. Again, if you don't want to see posts from or about someone, don't follow them and put their name into a filter. I do this for the Kardashians and plenty of other people and - surprise - I don't see their posts or faces anymore.

Don't follow people you hate. Don't follow people who keep posting about people you hate. Make social media a positive experience.

by Anonymousreply 158May 13, 2022 2:05 PM

Lol R156. Tesla stock is in a much bigger free fall. He can’t buy Twitter, he literally doesn’t have the money, and banks will not lend to him when his one asset is a garbage car that was being bought mostly by liberals who he has totally alienated in the past few months. The hardcore right wingers he’s currently catering to on social media will never buy his cars because the brand is too feminine and pussy. Musk thinks he’s this dominant edgelord when he’s really just a neckbearded shit poster that only other weirdo libertarian neckbeards love.

Btw, his small coterie of weirdo libertarian fans CAN’T AFFORD HIS CARS.

It’s all just too fucking ridiculous. He’s trying to out-Trump Trump. Thank god he can’t run for President.

by Anonymousreply 159May 13, 2022 2:08 PM

Aren't you outing yourself as a loser and failed human when Elon Musk, Trump and Joe Rogan are your heroes?

And if your response is to mention Biden or whatever, then you're pathetic, too.

by Anonymousreply 160May 13, 2022 2:10 PM

r150 They have plenty of competitors.. the conflict is more that twitter, facebook, youtube are among the most integrated and also have more options to get around reigonal locks and censorship. Which is why they retain a competitive hold despite being relics.

by Anonymousreply 161May 13, 2022 2:10 PM

Freedom of speech is not a defense nor excuse for turning a blind eye for dangerous propaganda.

All you free speecher types need to HAVE AN ANSWER for dangerous propaganda. You don’t just get to ignore it in the name of “free speech”

Offer some alternatives, fight against dangerous propaganda and you might have a case for free speech.

Same with guns. If you are pro gun and pro fire arms, genuinely, then you would be actively fighting for safety regulations and have ideas for how to lower gun violence. Other wise you’re just pro-murder. Not guns.

Are we following along?

Same goes for speech. Fight against dangerous propaganda and then you can have all the free speech you want. You can even read green eggs and ham out loud and no one will stop you.

by Anonymousreply 162May 13, 2022 2:11 PM

R160 Who are you shrieking at, dear?

by Anonymousreply 163May 13, 2022 2:12 PM

R154. I'm not "pro-corporation" but most companies aren't dumb. Corporations exist to make money and anything that involves money makes everybody very careful and conservative in what they do.

The lies that corporations tell are usually for the consumer, and sometimes the government, to gobble up since regulation in this country is piss poor. But other corporations actually have the money and power to punish duplicitous companies, so they're better off working together. I'm sure the companies Twitter are working with know very well the limits of Twitter's reach and impact on the public consciousness. That they choose to engage means they've obviously identified some profit or benefit to be made despite Twitter's limitations.

Companies generally exploit consumers and the public at large, not other companies. And a public company would never sacrifice profitability for political interests. Their shareholders would kill them. Political interests serve companies, and their bottom line, not the other way around. Any interest Twitter has in political speech is because they've identified that their platform might be targeted by either the public or politicians to the detriment of their valuation.

Being overvalued is not the same as being duplicitous. The fabled market the conservatives love so much is just extremely stupid and excitable at times.

by Anonymousreply 164May 13, 2022 2:12 PM

R162 The NRA actually teaches gun owners how to not only use the gun but also about safety. But for some reason the left who hates guns are trying to shut the NRA down. I guess they don't want people to learn about gun safety...

by Anonymousreply 165May 13, 2022 2:14 PM

r162 do an analogy for abortion and restrictions now.

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by Anonymousreply 166May 13, 2022 2:14 PM

People like Elon and his internet nerd parade need to admit that they are pro-propaganda and are pro-disinformation. They like it. It benefits them. That is what they support.

But they hide in the bushes behind “free speech.” A sacred right that is in danger of being lost due to the propaganda that they love and support.

These people are not “free speech”. Don’t let them pull that line.

by Anonymousreply 167May 13, 2022 2:14 PM

I love how, according to R167, absolutely anything that goes against their agenda (and, yes, lies) is "propaganda" and "disinformation".

by Anonymousreply 168May 13, 2022 2:18 PM

R138, I suspect that he's trying to get Twitter to back out of the the deal by establishing some precondition he knows that it cannot meet.

by Anonymousreply 169May 13, 2022 2:19 PM

I like how R168 makes baseless accusations and assumes the political stances of R167.

You have no idea what R167 believes or what their agenda/lies. They simply made a blanket statement that disinformation exists and needs to be addressed even if people were to buy into all this "free speech" stuff. They passed no judgement on what they consider disinformation or propaganda.

The fact you're trying to spin a statement most people would find agreeable tells me you're one of those people keen to spread disinformation to serve YOUR agenda.

by Anonymousreply 170May 13, 2022 2:22 PM

He wants Twitter to admit that its user base has a significant number of bots. I want them to admit it, too. Those of you screeching about "misinformation" should want that, too. It's obviously not 5%. Twitter is lying. They have been caught in a lie and that is why their stock is tanking.

by Anonymousreply 171May 13, 2022 2:22 PM

R170 It's not too hard to correctly assume your political stance when you're on here repeatedly saying you don't want Trump back on Twitter.

by Anonymousreply 172May 13, 2022 2:23 PM

R172. Fine, but I think it's rude to dig up people's posting history on a supposedly anonymous board.

by Anonymousreply 173May 13, 2022 2:25 PM

I didn't have to dig up your posting history. I just had to follow the conversation.

by Anonymousreply 174May 13, 2022 2:27 PM

Does Elon have a real big dick, or does he just like acting all cocky for the hell of it?

by Anonymousreply 175May 13, 2022 2:27 PM

DL had his number all along. Right again!

by Anonymousreply 176May 13, 2022 2:29 PM

He's Princess Tiny Meat trying to pose as a 100% top, R175. Few, if any, can pull it off, least of all that dickwad.

by Anonymousreply 177May 13, 2022 2:29 PM

There is so much PR with this guy and it’s all a crock.

by Anonymousreply 178May 13, 2022 2:30 PM

We all know that if it we not for his rich daddy’s money, this junkie would be living on skid row. That is the truth.

by Anonymousreply 179May 13, 2022 2:31 PM

R174. Just to clarify, I'm not R162 or R167.

And I'm struggling to see how you identified R167 as one of the many people on here who disapproved of the prospect of Trump returning to Twitter.

But whatever. This is pointless.

by Anonymousreply 180May 13, 2022 2:31 PM

R172, that you think not wanting Trump on twitter is about a "political stance" when the terrorist scumbag should be in prison for what he did and has done, is the problem. I don't think there's anything more moronic than the types of people who will go off about "woke, " yet treat a Trump twitter ban as some horrible thing because they've only proven that a white man can literally try and overthrow the govt, steal from it, steal classified documents, have his parasitic family make money, be an all-around scumbag and not even get into his entire live time of sexually-assaul0, anti-American business practices and theft...and ignore it all to act like he's a victim because he got banned from a social media platform

by Anonymousreply 181May 13, 2022 2:33 PM

There's also speculation that Musk is trying to drive down the price of Twitter's stock to justify renegotiating his original offer. There are a lot of lawsuits in the offing if that's true.

by Anonymousreply 182May 13, 2022 2:34 PM

R181 Needs some of Joe's ice-cream to calm him down.

By the way, everything you accused Trump of, your beloved Bill Clinton and JFK are guilty of several times over. So don't come here and pretend you've got morals, hon.

by Anonymousreply 183May 13, 2022 2:35 PM

R183. Bill Clinton and JFK tried to overthrow the government, stole classified documents, put unqualified family members in prominent governmental positions and had the government stay in their private hotels so taxpayer money could be funneled into their pockets?

That's news to me.

by Anonymousreply 184May 13, 2022 2:38 PM

R183, defending Trump by pointing to Clinton and JFK is precisely what I expect an imbecile to do when they determine their defense by an R or D. That's how scummy a Trump flying monkey is. Cuomo is GONE based on the accusation alone, you fucking cunt.

by Anonymousreply 185May 13, 2022 2:38 PM

R184, the part the asshole leaves out is that they literally created a law after RFK to prevent family members from having positions of power.

by Anonymousreply 186May 13, 2022 2:39 PM

Good grief, the fanboy army is twisting itself in knots to run defense for Musk. It’s embarrassing.

Apparently Josh Barro is one of them. Frantically tweeting and retweeting excuses for him. This is so embarrassing I can hardly stand it.

These people are in a trance. Snap out of it! You got bamboozled. Deal with it.

by Anonymousreply 187May 13, 2022 2:40 PM

Could someone explain Musk's business model of alienating Democrats and liberals while these are the people who actually buy and can afford his shitty cars? I doubt his right-wing sycophants or any redneck Republicans in Mississippi buy Teslas. So why is he constantly dumping on coastal elites and liberals? He also moved his headquarters to Texas, but I highly doubt anyone outside Austin would buy a Tesla while he alienated potential buyers in California with this move.

by Anonymousreply 188May 13, 2022 2:40 PM

No company should be sponsoring posts that talk about Hillary Clinton smuggling yellowcake to fund her Child sex rings.

It’s not free speech but it takes away that argument from people who will need it when the fascists take over fully.

by Anonymousreply 189May 13, 2022 2:42 PM

People like Musk want to water down the real free speech arguments little by little till you have no voice.

by Anonymousreply 190May 13, 2022 2:42 PM

R188. So true. This kind of crap is why I wouldn't buy a Tesla even if I could afford it.

So many EVs on the market now, why should I give my money to this narcissist?

by Anonymousreply 191May 13, 2022 2:43 PM

R184, they can't defend it, that's why they grab onto a "Biden" a "Clinton" or a "JFK" like it's their mother's tit to make some ridiculous, lop-sided comparison to that cockroach Trump

No, you fucking anti-American, anti-democratic, Fascist dirtbag, I would NOT defend any "D" who tried to overthrow the govt. And i certainly wouldn't be voting for someone accused by over 20 women of sexually-assault. Your stupid ass really thinks Clinton r Biden could even get far in the Democratic Party if they had those accusations? You really are fucking stupid.

Here's the part the average shithead Trump supporter can't accept: Donald Trump would've done business with the Bin laden family even as people were jumping out of the buildings, if he could make money. He has no devotion to ANYONE but himself. Fuck everyone who gets between him and a buck.

by Anonymousreply 192May 13, 2022 2:46 PM

Musk accused a man of being a pedophile because that's how a petulant idiot "debates" when he's called out for making a serious situation about himself. His money was the only reason he won the case. He's a despicable individual.

by Anonymousreply 193May 13, 2022 2:48 PM

Buying a Tesla now is passé.

by Anonymousreply 194May 13, 2022 2:48 PM

You just can’t take this guy seriously. Everything is a big joke.

Next week he will be saying something else.

by Anonymousreply 195May 13, 2022 2:50 PM

That's funny R185 considering you have an issue with actions depending on whether they have a D or R next to their name. Cut the shit.

by Anonymousreply 196May 13, 2022 2:54 PM

[quote]I think it's rude to dig up people's posting history on a supposedly anonymous board

The only way to fight disinformation is with real, true, verifiable information, so why would you tell people they aren't allowed to use the tools they were given to discover the truth?

I'm not going to stop trying to figure out what the trolls and assholes on here are really up to just because you think it's "rude." I wish more people would care enough to look up what else posters have said, maybe then people around here would start to realize just how much of what's posted here is bullshit, lies, propaganda and trolling, and how much of it comes from just a tiny handful of people.

by Anonymousreply 197May 13, 2022 2:55 PM

Republicans and Democrats can both come together and agree that Teslas are junk, last weeks news and driven exclusively by assholes.

by Anonymousreply 198May 13, 2022 3:00 PM

[quote] Teslas are driven exclusively by assholes

Agreed.

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by Anonymousreply 199May 13, 2022 3:02 PM

I don't think it's a business model, r188, I think he just likes the attention he gets from the conspiracy types and the trolls. It's fun for him. I'm sure somewhere in that pointy head of his, he got the idea that he could play "own the libs" while they still bought his Teslas. It's crazy but he honestly doesn't seem to have realized that there would be consequences to his actions.

by Anonymousreply 200May 13, 2022 3:02 PM

[quote]That's funny [R185] considering you have an issue with actions depending on whether they have a D or R next to their name. Cut the shit.

Point to a Democrat attempting to overthrow the government followed by me defending them. Point to Democrats enacting laws to tell you what you can read, what you can teach, what you can do with your own body. You're a scumbag defending the indefensible, that's what it comes down to. Trump is scum. His supporters are scum. It goes well-beyond R or D, but only someone loathsome could defend the current Republican party and that doesn't mean you have to be a Democrat; you only have to have a modicum of decency.

To be a Trump supporter is to not care about the constitution. about democracy, about basic decency. Trump supporters are parasitic, cancerous scum. There is no defense for having voted for or supporting someone as stupid, vile and repugnant as Donald Trump.

by Anonymousreply 201May 13, 2022 3:05 PM

Listen I don't know what Musk is doing any more than the rest of you, but Musk has been doing things to drive down the value of Twitter since his offer. He could walk away from this offer pay the $1 billion dollar break up fee and then make a lower offer because once he walks away the price of Twitter will crash. Musk could make an offer $10 billion less than his original offer and be $9billion better off if the offer is accepted.

by Anonymousreply 202May 13, 2022 3:08 PM

R201 must have missed Hillary and the left claiming Trump was an illegitimate president for four years and trying to con the world into thinking he stole the election.

Just like the left claimed Bush stole the election in 2000.

Sore losers.

by Anonymousreply 203May 13, 2022 3:08 PM

R203 the left didn't storm the capital and trash it hurting police officers, they didn't launch a plot to void the election and install Hillary or Gore, they both conceded the election, something Trump still refuses to do. Your comparison is shit just like you.

by Anonymousreply 204May 13, 2022 3:12 PM

Well, now I know R203 is just a troll. There's no way someone can be that stupid, write that and think they scored.

He's literally trying to say a jaywalker is worse than a drunk driver who just mowed down school kids.

No, I refuse to believe you're this incredibly stupid, R203.

by Anonymousreply 205May 13, 2022 3:15 PM

R204, and despite the fact that both Hillary and Gore (who CERTIFIED Dubya's win) won the popular vote.

Let me tell you something, asshole deplorable: We would have every fucking right to storm the Capitol knowing that Democrats have won the *majority* of votes in 7 of 8 elections. and that the Senate is a ridiculous body when a shithead from leeching red state representing a population smaller than Brooklyn, gets to decide for those of us who actually pay the bills.

You're fucking lucky we haven't already stormed the Capitol and the Supreme Court knowing that 30% of the fucking country wants to decide for the 70%.

by Anonymousreply 206May 13, 2022 3:20 PM

Elon is just another artifact of the infotainment era. Just like Trump he con’s his way through life prentending to be a self made genius entrepreneur when he’s just a con artist with a rich dad.

by Anonymousreply 207May 13, 2022 3:23 PM

Like Trump, Musk goes around pretending he's a "self-made" man. And just like Trump, he's a lying sack of shit.

If it weren't for Grandpappy Trump and Poppa Trump, Donald would be selling used cars on Staten Island and Eric and Don jr. would be lucky to be shift managers at Wawa.

If it weren't for the state of California and the US Treasury subsidizing Musk in the BILLIONS for the last 2 decades and continuing up to this very moment, Musk would be a fry cook at Dennys.

by Anonymousreply 208May 13, 2022 3:25 PM

Why do losers like R206 keep bringing up the popular vote which has nothing to do with winning a presidential election in the United States? They sound like Al Bundy constantly bringing up his high school football days.

by Anonymousreply 209May 13, 2022 3:26 PM

R209, you know what? I actually do feel like a loser having responded to someone this stupid so many times. You are a genuinely pathetic person trying to defend the indefensible and the fact that you used a 30 year old reference from a shitty sitcom to make your point sound even stupider, says it all.

Ignore. We're done.

by Anonymousreply 210May 13, 2022 3:31 PM

Back to your 40 year old Golden Girls threads, toots.

by Anonymousreply 211May 13, 2022 3:33 PM

R209, I’m not the person you were responding to, but when you consider that states like Montana decide how the majority of Americans should live, that’s a problem. Especially since there are more cows than humans in Montana.

by Anonymousreply 212May 13, 2022 3:41 PM

Elon is a manipulative troll. I am sure there is some good reason for him to do this Twitter acquisition stunt, sharing what he's going to do with it way before he'd officially own it.

My guess? His fragile ego gets off on watching the stock market go crazy whenever he posts some bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 213May 13, 2022 3:41 PM

Agree. A minority should not be making the decisions for the majority. R209 has to be trolling. Or drunk. Drunk trolling?

by Anonymousreply 214May 13, 2022 3:48 PM

Drive-by trolling.

I was the acknowledged expert back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 215May 13, 2022 3:50 PM

This is why it’s problematic when we have so many people with ridiculous wealth.

by Anonymousreply 216May 13, 2022 3:51 PM

Tell that to the trannies, R214.

by Anonymousreply 217May 13, 2022 3:51 PM

You R163, you stupid Trumpie cunt.

by Anonymousreply 218May 13, 2022 4:28 PM

R217, the only power the "trannies" have is in the vast, unexplored recesses of your brain, where trannies seem to occupy huge expanses of unoccupied real estate.

by Anonymousreply 219May 13, 2022 4:36 PM

R219 They never stop screaming so it's hard to ignore them. Me? The sooner they're rounded up (easy to do when you can spot them a mile away) and shot the better the world will be. Sick of their shit.

by Anonymousreply 220May 13, 2022 4:41 PM

Yeah, those all powerful trannies manipulating the Supreme Court, trying to overthrow legitimate elections, telling people to inject themselves with bleach... The list is endless.

But there is a name for your psychological disorder, R217: it's called monomania. Go look it up.

by Anonymousreply 221May 13, 2022 4:42 PM

Will someone please shit in R221's mouth. They is craving it.

by Anonymousreply 222May 13, 2022 4:44 PM

CNBC says Elon wants a better price and that he can't just walk away.

[quote] Elon Musk can’t just walk away from his Twitter deal by paying a $1 billion breakup fee

[quote] If Musk walks away from buying Twitter, the social media company can sue him for breach of contract. A buyer can’t simply walk away from a deal by paying a fee unless certain conditions apply.

[quote] Musk may view putting the deal on hold as an opportunity to renegotiate price with Twitter. “This is probably a negotiation tactic on behalf of Elon,” Toni Sacconaghi, Bernstein senior research analyst, said Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “The market has come down a lot. He’s probably using the guise of true active users as a negotiation ploy.”

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by Anonymousreply 224May 13, 2022 5:10 PM

I really do hope that this destroys Tesla. I want to see a boycott from the left, because lord knows the morons who attach those chimneys or whatever the fuck it is to burn coal from their white trash trucks, won't be buying that asshole's cars.

by Anonymousreply 225May 13, 2022 5:13 PM

Oligarchs and their political supporters and stooges all need the full force of the law, justice and the contempt of people generally to fail.

It won't happen.

One more GOP victory and it's over.

by Anonymousreply 226May 13, 2022 5:15 PM

Don't have your hopes up too high that this purchase won't go through. Elon knows what he's doing. He's fine. He sends his love. A takeover is imminent.

by Anonymousreply 227May 13, 2022 5:16 PM

Has anyone noticed that MuskRat is actually starting to look like Trump?

by Anonymousreply 228May 13, 2022 5:19 PM

Crypto crashed (one of Mush's investors), Tesla stock crashed, deal is on hold. What a coincidence.

People speculate he wants to renegotiate the deal. I hope Twitter tells him to fuck off and pay. He already ruined their reputation and value with his shenanigans.

by Anonymousreply 229May 13, 2022 5:23 PM

[quote]Has anyone noticed that MuskRat is actually starting to look like Trump?

Yes, especially around the pursed anus-lips.

Why is the economy structured in a way that the whole country is hostage to these megalomaniacs and their addiction to the race to the bottom?

by Anonymousreply 230May 13, 2022 5:30 PM

Why isn’t Twitter suing Musky for defamation?

by Anonymousreply 231May 13, 2022 5:31 PM

Whatever happened to the hyper loop?

by Anonymousreply 232May 13, 2022 5:55 PM

OT, but God is he fugly and unappealing. The only thing women see in him is money. I can't imagine having to swallow his cum.

by Anonymousreply 233May 13, 2022 6:42 PM

That’s not going to work out for him.

by Anonymousreply 234May 13, 2022 6:53 PM

[quote]You're constantly confronted with his tweets, statements and shenanigans the minute he's back on Twitter and I don't want that.

Learn how to use the filter options that are right there in your account settings. You can block specific words so that tweets containing them don't show up in your feed. My sister filters out Trump and I filter out Baby Yoda, the other scourge of Twitter.

by Anonymousreply 235May 14, 2022 2:43 AM

Musk is doing RESEARCH!

I'm sure his team is frantically creating bots to include in this sample.

The speed of his backpedalling is incredible.

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by Anonymousreply 236May 14, 2022 12:12 PM

While he couldn't solve the world hunger problem, I'm sure he'll solve the bots and fake accounts problem at Twitter while still not owning Twitter. LOL

Any company dealing with Elon Musk should consider making him sign an NDA and have him pay tens of billions of US Dollars if he breaks it with his big mouth.

by Anonymousreply 237May 14, 2022 12:20 PM

He’s such a fucking swindling moron. Why is this country so obsessed with snake oil salesmen psychopaths? It’s an inherent problem this country has dealt with from the beginning. This obsession with personal mythmaking needs to stop.

by Anonymousreply 238May 14, 2022 12:27 PM

If someone says they admire Musk they’re telling you they are an asshole, just like Joe Rogan listeners. Tesla drivers look douche-ier than ever now.

by Anonymousreply 239May 14, 2022 12:31 PM

Yeah, the Tesla image brand is fucked thanks to him.

by Anonymousreply 240May 14, 2022 12:46 PM

[Quote]Learn how to use the filter options that are right there in your account settings. You can block specific words so that tweets containing them don't show up in your feed.

Please spare me your ridiculous advice. I'm not an 80yo granny.

by Anonymousreply 241May 14, 2022 1:52 PM

If Trump gets back on Twitter, you won't be able to miss him and the latest idiotic thing he tweets because the idiot media class fall over themselves to report it.

by Anonymousreply 242May 14, 2022 2:20 PM

The media still reported about his official press release statements and his rally ramblings. However, his massive flood of social media hate was cut off and that reached a wide net of Deplorable believers and pushed their buttons.

People underestimate how much hate, misery and concern they willingly invite to their homes by paying attention to trolls. Just look at the Elon Musk situation with Twitter. Instead of "wait and see" if the deal goes through, people got worked up since day one. That is some shady manipulation by Musk and the media. And it proves once again that trolls (like Trump and Musk) and the media in general have not your best interest in mind. They want you to stay agitated, angry, frightened, miserable, etc. and that's not mentally healthy.

by Anonymousreply 243May 14, 2022 3:08 PM

[quote]Just look at the Elon Musk situation with Twitter. Instead of "wait and see" if the deal goes through, people got worked up since day one.

That's the fault of the media. Not Musk.

by Anonymousreply 244May 14, 2022 3:10 PM

R244. His tweets on the subject didn't help though.

by Anonymousreply 245May 14, 2022 3:12 PM

r244, Musk is using the media for his trolling act. Musk is the agitator, the troll, the shit stirrer. The media is his willing tool and accomplice.

by Anonymousreply 246May 14, 2022 3:12 PM

R246 You're assuming that he's called this right but I'm not so convinced...

by Anonymousreply 247May 14, 2022 3:15 PM

R236 - 100 is not anything near to an acceptable random sample.

by Anonymousreply 248May 14, 2022 3:18 PM

R248. It'll be reason enough (in his eyes) for him to pull out of the deal, especially once he "randomly" collects 100 bots.

I hope Twitter pulls the trigger people are talking about and forces him to buy. Or at least sues him for defamation. I can't imagine this publicity is doing their share price any good.

by Anonymousreply 249May 14, 2022 3:21 PM

Here’s the problem with this bots issue. If he tried to get out of the deal because he claims twitter did not correctly disclose the number of bots on the platform, experts believe a judge would be hard pressed to side with him seeing as how he (publicly) decided to buy the company out of impulse with no due diligence.

by Anonymousreply 250May 14, 2022 5:31 PM

Are Aspies with power dangerous ?

by Anonymousreply 251May 14, 2022 5:37 PM

r241...No, but you do seem to be an asshole.

by Anonymousreply 252May 14, 2022 5:42 PM

r243 exactly, the Q nuts entire conspiracy theory was based on interpreting Trump's tweets to fit a giant government conspiracy theory. Those that watched those HBO or HULU docs saw the social media personalities that supported themselves by trying to use Trump's tweet to interpret whatever 8Chan was saying as a mouthpiece as Q.

Once he was taken off Twitter the air left the room for those folks and they've been lost in a dessert, infighting has occurred, and the amount of actual people talking about Q as publicly as before has died down. The nation was really getting emotionally abused by Trump's tweets, you couldn't get away for his antics for 5 long years.

It was a breath of fresh air to cut that man off from us and his crazy supporters.

by Anonymousreply 253May 14, 2022 6:37 PM

[quote]and they've been lost in a dessert,

Ooo, I hope it's keylime pie. I'm in the mood for something summer-y

by Anonymousreply 254May 14, 2022 7:38 PM

The funniest description I saw was that the motherfucker is trying to get Twitter on layaway.

by Anonymousreply 255May 14, 2022 7:40 PM

[quote] Once he was taken off Twitter the air left the room for those folks and they've been lost in a dessert

Delicious.

by Anonymousreply 256May 14, 2022 7:46 PM

[quote]They want you to stay agitated, angry, frightened, miserable, etc. and that's not mentally healthy.

R243 - How true. The only reason I'm back on Twitter or watching CNN is to keep up on Ukraine news. My partner and I still haven't watched MSNBC since last September. It all got to be too much. Datalounge keeps me up to date if I really need to know something.

by Anonymousreply 257May 14, 2022 7:57 PM

Troll Extraordinaire!

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by Anonymousreply 258May 14, 2022 9:46 PM

R258, but even his trolling is lame at this point. And it's really pathetic how the right-wing morons think they're just so in on it and "owning the libs" with the rich guy. It's boring now.

Here's the thing for a lot of us liberals: At the end of the day, many of us are the ones who would've bought his car - three of my neighbors have one and I was considering it, but he's such a douchebag that at this point, that's all I think when I see the car and he is turning off tons of younger people with these antics. He is ruining the brand with this nonsense.

by Anonymousreply 259May 14, 2022 9:53 PM

"Owning the libs", repeat it a couple of times and no libs will buy your overrated cars in the future. It's a great strategy to alienate your target customers, Mushy.

by Anonymousreply 260May 14, 2022 10:02 PM

Do y’all think the conservatives would change their minds and start buying Tesla to support their new Idol?

by Anonymousreply 261May 14, 2022 10:49 PM

He doesn’t realize or care about how he’s destroying the Tesla brand. And maybe he’s right, because he’s really grown the company and gotten away with lots of nonsense over the years.

But it’s feeling like he’s gotten too full of himself for his own good.

by Anonymousreply 262May 14, 2022 10:52 PM

[Quote]Do y’all think the conservatives would change their minds and start buying Tesla to support their new Idol?

Most of them can't afford a Tesla.

by Anonymousreply 263May 14, 2022 10:56 PM

Most of them can't fit in one either.

by Anonymousreply 264May 14, 2022 10:59 PM

Celebrities with tens of millions of followers on Twitter are increasingly avoiding the social network, put off by trolls and politically charged mobs that put them at greater risk of being “canceled,” according to their handlers.

Publicists, agents, and managers who advise top stars told The Washington Post that they advise their clients to steer clear of the microblogging platform because the risk-reward ratio is too great.

“There are so many ways to get canceled now,” one publicist who works for several Hollywood star actors and filmmakers told the paper when asked what they say to their clients.

“Do you really want to give the world another way?”

The publicist told the Washington Post that they advise clients to stay away from Twitter because there’s little opportunity to “positively engage with fans.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in the process of acquiring Twitter for $44 billion. Last month, he commented that most of the Twitter users who have the highest number of followers rarely tweet.

Handlers to the stars say that Twitter has become a venue for harassment and abuse, and that it is easy for celebs to get drawn into controversy and risk doing damage to their brand.

“Twitter has become a breeding ground for trolls,” Dolly Meckler, a social media consultant who runs a celebrity account, told the paper.

“People can talk back in a way they can’t on other platforms. Celebrities that I’ve spoken to have said that it doesn’t feel like a friendly place.”

According to the Washington Post, celebrities abandoned Twitter in favor of Instagram and TikTok, which offer a more visual medium that allows them to more comfortably flaunt their appeal to fans while also instituting tighter restrictions on user comments.

“The Kardashians aren’t getting paid a million dollars for a sponsored tweet,” Kendall Ostrow, a celebrity social media consultant, told the Washington Post.

“Twitter might be able to make you culturally relevant, but Instagram, YouTube and TikTok get you paid.”

Musk has vowed to remove restrictions on content once he takes over Twitter. Observers say that makes it less likely that high-profile celebrities will come back to the site.

“Twitter is the last place I’d tell a celebrity to invest in, even more than before,” said Liz Stahl, a social agency head who has worked with Ariana Grande and Jay-Z.

“Everything with Elon Musk is going to be complicated — even more given the kind of people who are going to be activated and excited to be on there.”

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by Anonymousreply 265May 14, 2022 11:09 PM

He really thinks he's viewed as like "Iron Man."

He will be iced out of all of the shit he likes going to in Hollywood. His money won't be enough to keep him in the circles he likes being in.

Let him go to the MMA fights with Joe Rogan and Bill Maher, because those guys and their fans are so not the very definition of douchebags. They're "real" Americans.

by Anonymousreply 266May 14, 2022 11:24 PM

The biggest fear of Musk, Rogan, and Maher is that, one day, they will be forced to live next to those "real Americans" whose views they claim to represent. All of them are safely ensconced in uber wealthy enclaves of liberal cities.

I honestly think that Musk is increasingly becoming detached from the real world, thinking he's the king of the universe or something equally megalomaniacal. Drugs?

Also, in a way, I'm hoping he lets Twitter deteriorate into an even bigger shitshow than it is right now. Let right wingers and QAnon lunatics remind us how truly deranged they are, I honestly don't think that there's anybody sane left who could be converted to the dark side through inane ramblings of Trump, Boebert, Laura Loomer, or some other garden variety nut, who's not there already. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to him navigating the laws of the rest of the world: EU (which just passed laws dictating draconian fines for social media companies which spread fake news), Saudi Arabia, and a number of other places whose views on "free speech" may not align with his. Let him throw tens of billions of dollars into that toxic sewer money pit.

by Anonymousreply 267May 14, 2022 11:46 PM

Mushy claims he lives in a $50k home in rural Texas most of the time.

He apparently hates censorship on Twitter, but wanted to pay off a Twitter user who tracked the location of his private jet. I bet he would ban this account on his first day as CEO. He's such a hypocrite and doesn't like free speech when it affects HIS security and privacy.

by Anonymousreply 268May 14, 2022 11:58 PM

He lives in a friend's large mansion. The $50K home is bullshit - probably for "residency" purposes.

by Anonymousreply 269May 15, 2022 12:16 AM

R267, let's see what Mr. "absolutist free speech" does with China.

I mean what a fucking hypocrite when it comes to himself. He's full of so much bullshit

by Anonymousreply 270May 15, 2022 12:18 AM

Exactly, R270. The moment Xi says "Jump!", he'll ask "How high?" Money talks.

by Anonymousreply 271May 15, 2022 12:21 AM

Maybe this will be Elon Musk's Ukraine. He barges in like Putin, thinking he's taking over the world, only to expose his own weaknesses and hypocrisy, and months later still doesn't own twitter.

by Anonymousreply 272May 15, 2022 2:20 AM

PSA from Elon

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by Anonymousreply 273May 15, 2022 3:51 AM

^Tiresome

by Anonymousreply 274May 15, 2022 3:58 AM

Lolz

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by Anonymousreply 275May 15, 2022 4:00 AM

$44 billion for Twitter is such a bad deal. How much did Zuck pay for WhatsApp and Instagram? 5 billion each? And these platforms are more popular that his right-wing propaganda network now. Lizard people are smarter than Mushy.

by Anonymousreply 276May 15, 2022 11:58 AM

He was going to buy it, then they admitted they lied about how many accounts they have.

You can't blame the guy, it's like buying the Willis Tower and then finding out it only has one storey.

Twitter is nothing but bots and liars.

by Anonymousreply 277May 15, 2022 12:08 PM

I can totally blame him.

by Anonymousreply 278May 15, 2022 12:10 PM

[quote]The moment Xi says "Jump!", he'll ask "How high?"

No he won't, he'll just start jumping.

by Anonymousreply 279May 15, 2022 12:13 PM

[QUOTE]He was going to buy it, then they admitted they lied about how many accounts they have. You can't blame the guy, it's like buying the Willis Tower and then finding out it only has one storey.

I'm pretty sure he checked this information BEFORE he offered to pay 44 billion for a company. He also has a bunch of investors who invest $10 billion. You think these people are all stupid and don't investigate a company they want to buy BEFORE they sign a contract? This is such a lame excuse. His stock tanked, his crypto investments tanked and he simply can't afford to buy Twitter now. I bet he's also facing defamation lawsuits from Twitter for his reckless tweets and ruining their reputation and value.

by Anonymousreply 280May 15, 2022 12:21 PM

R280 is spot on. Musk knew all this shit beforehand. He’s either trying to get Twitter much cheaper or back out of the deal altogether. His crypto holdings alone have cratered to the point that I think they won’t come back for years-if ever. Plus, Twitter is nowhere near close to being worth 44 billion. Maybe 8-10. And I wouldn’t buy it for anything, because something else is coming along to overtake it.

by Anonymousreply 281May 15, 2022 3:44 PM

R277. That would be fraud and something Musk could take them to court over.

That he's not doing so is because he's done the research, he just didn't think through the consequences. He's too impulsive.

His attempts to back out are transparently because he is realizing how deep a hole he is digging for himself.

by Anonymousreply 282May 15, 2022 3:47 PM

R282, Twitter revealed in public filings that its statements about bots should be taken with a hefty amount of salt. It did not actually make any factual misrepresentations. Not only can Musk not sue them, he was on notice that the 5% figure was essentially just a guess.

by Anonymousreply 283May 15, 2022 3:54 PM

Thanks R283, that's good to know.

by Anonymousreply 284May 15, 2022 3:55 PM

I love it. Musk is clearly fucked and is scrambling around.

Enjoy the minimum $1bn free money, Twitter. That's almost half of what Musk has in cash reserves!

by Anonymousreply 285May 15, 2022 4:00 PM

^He seriously damaged Twitters reputation with his recklessness. I doubt $1 billion is enough to restore their image. They should sue him, if he backs out of the deal now.

by Anonymousreply 286May 15, 2022 4:08 PM

Of course there are tons of bots. Some of these idiots like Boebert and Jim Jordan get thousands of likes within a half-hour.

by Anonymousreply 287May 15, 2022 5:04 PM

Like we can’t see the bots with our own eyes? There are tens of millions of them. At least 75% or more.

by Anonymousreply 288May 15, 2022 7:08 PM

More than half of any of the Kardashian’s followers are bots that are bought and paid for. Most of Trump’s followers were bots. EVERYONE knows Twitter is mostly bots.

by Anonymousreply 289May 15, 2022 7:32 PM

Gotta love Mushy's reasoning: I made a 44B offer for a pig sty but I'm having second thoughts because it's dirty.

by Anonymousreply 290May 15, 2022 7:58 PM

Elon had to hide the real reason why he's not buying Twitter: No granite countertops. He'd look like a fool for making a bid before knowing there are no granite countertops.

by Anonymousreply 291May 15, 2022 8:12 PM

Open Source Advocate

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by Anonymousreply 292May 16, 2022 12:11 AM

Elon is now tweeting that Twitter has accused him of violating an NDA. Elon Musk: he may not bring the money, but he definitely brings the drama.

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by Anonymousreply 293May 16, 2022 12:17 AM

Jesus fucking Christ. Was this motherfucker not loved enough as a child? No wonder he's another Trump fan. They're all the same, spoiled, needy shits who grew up well-off and just need constant attention.

by Anonymousreply 294May 16, 2022 12:22 AM

He's going to force them to publicly declare that most of Twitter is comprised of bots. It's hilarious.

Everyone who cares about "misinformation" should be cheering this.

by Anonymousreply 295May 16, 2022 12:22 AM

[quote]Please spare me your ridiculous advice. I'm not an 80yo granny.

Then quit whining like one about things within your control.

by Anonymousreply 296May 16, 2022 12:28 AM

^Fuck off idiot. Your "advice" may work for bastards like Rittenhouse or low life Mike Lindell, but not for someone ubiquitous like Trump. So please just stop already.

by Anonymousreply 297May 16, 2022 8:06 AM

There are a handful of people on here who insist you can completely curate your online experience to the tiniest detail, and it's just not true. They don't know what they're talking about, so there's no reason to even argue with them. (They may even be doing it just to irritate you for fun.)

You can block the name Trump and all the Trump and Trump-like people you want, but the news and trending tabs will still have him in there, and some retweets from people you follow will go through even though they're not supposed to, and recommended tweets with Trump in them will show up on your timeline. I've had problems with some hashtags not muting too, and Twitter was no help with any of these technical issues.

by Anonymousreply 298May 16, 2022 8:19 AM

Trump's check bounced.

by Anonymousreply 299May 16, 2022 8:21 AM

r298, you are completely missing the point. The goal isn't to erase Trump from your internet experience, as you have pointed out that's not possible. The goal is to get to a point where you dismiss and ignore media content related to Trump and not getting worked up over / drawn in whatever stunt Trump is pulling now.

It's about having a strategy in place that allows you not get pulled in by the comments and stunts of trolls. If you don't let the trolls and their actions get to you, the trolls can't screw with you on social media.

The ignore feature on Datalounge is not just to remove a comment. It's about developing a strategy to, instead of engaging with the troll, you ignore it and scroll to the next comment. You see the troll comment, but it doesn't trigger you to get mad, and it doesn't trigger you to respond. Your knee-jerk, automated response prevents you from feeding the trolls.

by Anonymousreply 300May 16, 2022 8:41 AM

R300, I and the person I was responding to were both talking to someone who said twice that you can just use the filter options and get rid of all mentions of Trump. I'm not missing the point, you are.

Your essay about "developing a strategy to ignore trolls" is fine and all, but it's not what we were talking about. I don't know why you thought it was. The conversation seems very clear, going from r296 (who had also posted earlier about filters) to r297 to me at r298.

by Anonymousreply 301May 16, 2022 1:59 PM

What needs to stop is acting like Trump is merely some foul-mouthed idiot. No, he was the president of the United States and he couldn't accept he lost, sent people to kill MoC to stay in power. In his time in office, he was the most corrupt pile of shit to ever sit in the oval office. His parasitic family used the WH as a piggy bank including espionage for profit. He exposed the Republican Party for what they always were: The Klan in suits.

That anyone acts like this is about merely blocking him or filtering his name, is fucking insane.

And all Musk has done is remind people he's an Afrikaner. A typical Afrikaner.

by Anonymousreply 302May 16, 2022 2:50 PM

R295 Exactly!

And when are are all these companies that spent billions advertising on Twitter going to sue them for misleading them about how many people would see their ads? This has been going on for years and it's going to cost Twitter an absolute fortune.

by Anonymousreply 303May 16, 2022 2:52 PM

Musk tweeted a 💩 at Twitter’s president. He also said that he’d be interested in buying the company “at a lower price” (after helping to lower the value of its stock through repeated public attacks).

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by Anonymousreply 304May 16, 2022 9:24 PM

Jesus, what a punchable face.

by Anonymousreply 305May 16, 2022 9:40 PM

[quote]Fuck off idiot. Your "advice" may work for bastards like Rittenhouse or low life Mike Lindell, but not for someone ubiquitous like Trump.

It works just fine for my sister. All comments and tweets with his name are blocked from her view. Perhaps YOU'RE the "idiot" if you can't figure out how to use the feature correctly, Ms Testy Cunt.

by Anonymousreply 306May 16, 2022 10:00 PM

Musk says that the deal can’t go forward unless Twitter proves its bot claims, which is to say, it’s not happening. Twitter says it is “committed” to going forward at the price previously agreed upon. In other words, “Musk trashed this deal, not us.”

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by Anonymousreply 307May 17, 2022 4:17 PM

He tried to manipulate the stock price and buy it cheaper. It’s not going to work.

Where the fuck is the SEC? Why is he allowed to get away with this shit?

by Anonymousreply 308May 17, 2022 6:20 PM

What’s this about?

[quote] Elon Musk @elonmusk · 1h Replying to @bennyjohnson Twitter exec trashing free speech & mocking people with Asperger’s …

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by Anonymousreply 309May 18, 2022 2:15 AM

[quote] Elon Musk compares teleprompter-loving Biden to ‘Anchorman’ Ron Burgundy

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by Anonymousreply 310May 18, 2022 3:24 AM

So sad to see him rehashing Sarah Palin's stale jibe. Wasn't Elon Musk supposed to be some sort of Wunderkind or something?

by Anonymousreply 311May 18, 2022 2:11 PM

"He also said that he’d be interested in buying the company “at a lower price”"

Hmm, wasn't that always Trump's modus operandi: "I'm going to have to back out, but here's what I can do for you"?

I think Trump is trying to find billionaires to cozy-up to. Banks won't loan him money, but maybe rich people will? Bezos, Gates, Murdoch won't touch him.

by Anonymousreply 312May 18, 2022 3:19 PM

They should just cut to the chase and call him Evil Musk.

by Anonymousreply 313May 18, 2022 5:51 PM

Why does anyone care what this guy thinks?

by Anonymousreply 314May 18, 2022 6:01 PM

Um, R314, he has 200 billion dollars. When he shifts his weight from one buttcheek to the other the whole economy rolls over.

by Anonymousreply 315May 18, 2022 6:08 PM

r308, I already posted but I'll post again: The SEC is already investigating him.

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by Anonymousreply 316May 18, 2022 6:12 PM

[quote]he has 200 billion dollars. When he shifts his weight from one buttcheek to the other the whole economy rolls over.

I still don't give a shit about him.

by Anonymousreply 317May 18, 2022 10:03 PM

So… why isn’t he Twitter’s owner now? Oh, wait. His shithole car company’s stock is in the tank and he doesn’t have real money. Stupid cunt.

by Anonymousreply 318June 20, 2022 12:58 PM

Please stop getting your news/information from Galloway, OP. He's an attention whore who has nothing to add to the conversation, but somehow has an opinion on everything from Ukraine to incarceration rates to Musk's Twitter deal.

by Anonymousreply 319June 20, 2022 1:06 PM

Twitter is not the natural habitat of magats, dump was banned for good reason. A sitting POTUS banned from using a social media platform. Humiliating.

Twitter relaxed its TOS in anticipation of Muskrats ownership. It is now overrun by magats. Attempting to report accounts that are abusive and misinformative = no actions. One account was reported for suggesting to round up gays, the account was deactivated only after blue checks applied pressure to highlight the problem.

Meanwhile, Truth Social banned multiple accounts posting messages about the J6 hearings. When magats and muskrats scream about freedom of speech they're lying. Again.

by Anonymousreply 320June 20, 2022 1:21 PM

Moving in

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