OT Twitter set to accept Musk offer

[MillerHighLife21]

Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of 'free speech' plan

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.

www.reuters.com

Certainly interesting to watch

 

[Casa_del_Tigre]

 

[charlestontiger417]

Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of 'free speech' plan

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.

www.reuters.com

Certainly interesting to watch

$43b cash. Baller

 

[clemsonkelly]

$43b cash. Baller

TI member

 

[hodgson74]

TI member

With a 32-inch waist

 

[yoshi121374]

$43b cash. Baller

Not his money. He came up with some,but he is using Venture Capital money for the majority

 

[ClemGuy1979]

 

[kingkyle1008]

Not his money. He came up with some,but he is using Venture Capital money for the majority

So what

 

[Beneficent]

 

[Mariokb]

Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of 'free speech' plan

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.

www.reuters.com

Certainly interesting to watch

Great for getting free speech back on track!! Thanks Elon!!

 

[Mariokb]

Scary photo.

 

[SDTiger9]

So what

That if Musk is the big swinging Free Speech stick he professes (and I believe he is), will be interesting to see who else is partaking.
Sure it’s for the investment primarily but this has societal/culture impacts.

 

[CUtiger1995]

Y'all do realize the Arab Spring in 2010 and 2012 was driven primarily via Twitter.

Talk about something crazy that Musk may own one of the largest media companies internationally. It doesn't get close in the US to the others, but globally this is going to be insane.

 

[yoshi121374]

That if Musk is the big swinging Free Speech stick he professes (and I believe he is), will be interesting to see who else is partaking.
Sure it’s for the investment primarily but this has societal/culture impacts.

Also, Elon likes to gamble, but he typically doesn't do it with his own money much.

 

[Tiger Guru]

That if Musk is the big swinging Free Speech stick he professes (and I believe he is), will be interesting to see who else is partaking.
Sure it’s for the investment primarily but this has societal/culture impacts.

Imagine people being ok with censoring information. Remember when we made fun on N. Korea for their propaganda? If it's false, then people will see it and not believe. Hiding info makes me wonder why you hide it.

Censoring information is just absolutely dangerous and not ok, IMO. I cant imagine anyone being ok with that.

 

[TheSweatshirt]

Not his money. He came up with some,but he is using Venture Capital money for the majority

Venture capitalists don't invest in publicy traded companies. Perhaps he is partnering with a buyout shop, but VCs don't play in deals like that. Regardless Elon is putting up many billions of dollars of personal wealth for this deal. It wouldn't surprise me if he went alone on the equity component and then financed some with debt.

 

[TheSweatshirt]

Also, Elon likes to gamble, but he typically doesn't do it with his own money much.

You should read his biography. He bet his entire fortune on Tesla and was on the brink of going broke.

 

[tgrharley]

Y'all do realize the Arab Spring in 2010 and 2012 was driven primarily via Twitter.

Talk about something crazy that Musk may own one of the largest media companies internationally. It doesn't get close in the US to the others, but globally this is going to be insane.

ok then...............................

 

[Jonada]

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I think you're all drastically overestimating the number of people, even on the left, that actually give a shit about this whole Musk/Twitter saga.

 

[yoshi121374]

You should read his biography. He bet his entire fortune on Tesla and was on the brink of going broke.

He also replied heavily on investment and government to make it happen

 

[TheSweatshirt]

He also replied heavily on investment and government to make it happen

That wasn't your point. You said he doesn't take many risks with his money, which is completely false. He's bet his wealth time and time again.

I can understand why people don't like him, but I think he should be respected for the risks he has taken.

 

[dpotter24]

I think you're all drastically overestimating the number of people, even on the left, that actually give a shit about this whole Musk/Twitter saga.

Given the hysteria from talking heads on the left, I don’t think so

 

[BasedCamp]

Not his money. He came up with some,but he is using Venture Capital money for the majority

That's incorrect. 2/3 of the deal is coming out of his pocket.

 

[padtigers]

That wasn't your point. You said he doesn't take many risks with his money, which is completely false. He's bet his wealth time and time again.

I can understand why people don't like him, but I think he should be respected for the risks he has taken.

Listened to him on Rogan. He gained a ton of respect from me. Things I did not know about him. How he was damn near broke after throwing everything towards Tesla. All the different areas he has gone into now. Very interesting guy that's living the ultimate dream

 

[JoeBidenSniffsKids]

Given the hysteria from talking heads on the left, I don’t think so

Yeah, a quick look at Twatter proves that wrong. The snowflakes are melting over it.

 

[Jonada]

Given the hysteria from talking heads on the left, I don’t think so

Talking heads on cable news and people that live on social media, and wake up in the morning looking for something to be outraged over, don't represent the majority of people in this country, or even close to it.

For example, when all the airlines last week announced they were removing their mask requirements on planes, the majority of responses on twitter were of the "You're awful. I'm never flying your airline again" variety. Yet, when I flew this past weekend, I'd say easily less than 10% of the passengers on the plane were even wearing masks.

I mean sure, there are going to be people that freak out on Twitter over this Musk buyout, and you'll find plenty of good material to laugh at, but like everything else, that collection of people are a very small minority.

 

[dbowers2008]

Talking heads on cable news and people that live on social media, and wake up in the morning looking for something to be outraged over, don't represent the majority of people in this country, or even close to it.

For example, when all the airlines last week announced they were removing their mask requirements on planes, the majority of responses on twitter were of the "You're awful. I'm never flying your airline again" variety. Yet, when I flew this past weekend, I'd say easily less than 10% of the passengers on the plane were even wearing masks.

I mean sure, there are going to be people that freak out over this Musk buyout, but like everything else, that collection of people are a very small minority.

Twitter isn’t real life thankfully.

 

[TigerDMD]

Haven't been on twitter in years. Does it still have limited characters for tweets? I'm sure old #45 is getting pumped about being let back on.

 

[dickerj]

Imagine people being ok with censoring information. Remember when we made fun on N. Korea for their propaganda? If it's false, then people will see it and not believe. Hiding info makes me wonder why you hide it.

Censoring information is just absolutely dangerous and not ok, IMO. I cant imagine anyone being ok with that.

FTR, I am all for Elon getting this deal done. He is the man and the board members of Twitter suck.

Having said that, Twitter is not the US Government. They are a platform with their own rules. Twitter censorship has nothing to do with the 1st amendment.

 

[TheSweatshirt]

And it's done. MS provides $26.5B in debt. Musk finances the rest. No equity partners named.

 

[TheSweatshirt]

Listened to him on Rogan. He gained a ton of respect from me. Things I did not know about him. How he was damn near broke after throwing everything towards Tesla. All the different areas he has gone into now. Very interesting guy that's living the ultimate dream

IDK if it's the ultimate dream. He works the kind of hours that take years off his life. Has very complicated personal relationships (to be complimentary). He frequently suffers depression and lives under soul-crushing stress every single day.

He is as driven as any person who has walked the planet, but I don't think that equates to much happiness.

 

[Jonada]

Twitter isn’t real life thankfully.

Exactly. The sooner everyone realizes this, the better.

 

[scott in nashville]

If free speech equates to holding people accountable for what they put on social media somehow, then I'm all for it. The anonymity of platforms like Twitter is what drives a lot of what's wrong in today's society.

 

[ethelen]

You should read his biography. He bet his entire fortune on Tesla and was on the brink of going broke.

👆 This. Almost lost everything.

 

[Tiger Guru]

FTR, I am all for Elon getting this deal done. He is the man and the board members of Twitter suck.

Having said that, Twitter is not the US Government. They are a platform with their own rules. Twitter censorship has nothing to do with the 1st amendment.

I don't disagree with the fact that they're not the government and can really do what they want. Just strange to me we are in a world where hiding the truth is becoming accepted and telling the truth is "conspiracy theory".

Conspiracy theory now means anything that the mainstream media isn't talking about. Just very weird and not normal. But I digress.

 

[gregorycarlisle]

Its is done

 

[deshaunwatson4]

Imagine people being ok with censoring information. Remember when we made fun on N. Korea for their propaganda? If it's false, then people will see it and not believe. Hiding info makes me wonder why you hide it.

Censoring information is just absolutely dangerous and not ok, IMO. I cant imagine anyone being ok with that.

twitter is not state run, it's just astounding that people can't wrap their heads around this

Also, certain things 100% need to be censored. There is some truly awful and evil stuff on the internet

 

[deshaunwatson4]

I don't disagree with the fact that they're not the government and can really do what they want. Just strange to me we are in a world where hiding the truth is becoming accepted and telling the truth is "conspiracy theory".

Conspiracy theory now means anything that the mainstream media isn't talking about. Just very weird and not normal.

you completely ruin your credibility by using the phrase "hiding the truth". Shows your bias

 

[Buzzards Roost]

I hope he makes it disappearing like Snap. Only no screen shots.

 

[coldbud1994]

IDK if it's the ultimate dream. He works the kind of hours that take years off his life. Has very complicated personal relationships (to be complimentary). He frequently suffers depression and lives under soul-crushing stress every single day.

He is as driven as any person who has walked the planet, but I don't think that equates to much happiness.

He is a true visionary and is absolutely very driven. I think he is one of those people that can't relax easily. He does have Aspergers so maybe that has something to do with it