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2022-07-08 Economy

Twitter Acquisition By Elon Musk In Jeopardy, Report Says

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Posted by badanov 2022-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I doubt he ever intended to buy it. The price was absurd.

Posted by European Conservative 2022-07-08 07:02|| 2022-07-08 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 It will be bought by some entity that will maintain its leftward bent and rabid censorship.

Now that "three years of social media" will be required to get a gun license in NY state (until that gets thrown out too) it will be hard to argue an employer has no right to consider an applicant having a shittah account to be a net negative.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 07:07|| 2022-07-08 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 If Musk doesn't buy them because there are too many fake accounts, Twitter will die absent someone willing to lose money on them. Advertisers won't fund them anymore.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-08 08:32|| 2022-07-08 08:32|| Front Page Top

#4 One must wonder if Musk's efforts were simply intended to reveal the crooked SOB's for what they are.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-08 08:34|| 2022-07-08 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Wall Street has trillions to buy garbage with.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 08:35|| 2022-07-08 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Twitter says it removes 1 million spam and bot accounts daily

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-08 15:51|| 2022-07-08 15:51|| Front Page Top

#7 My washing machine would need replaced after every load.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 15:55|| 2022-07-08 15:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Musk says acquisition is term⁶inated

Posted by Alistaire Munster5962 2022-07-08 17:46|| 2022-07-08 17:46|| Front Page Top

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