Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • @RedditWandererEnglish
    20•4 months ago

    Or really, he wanted to talk shit and pump and dump, and he got caught by some savvy lawyers at twitter.

    Then he tried to turn it into a political tool sprinkled with his narcissism, hoping foreign governments would pay him to manipulate narratives. But now nobody gives a shit, he has lawsuits left and right and is likely going to go broke, and he’s scared away all the advertisers who were his life blood.

    He tried to pull a trump but nobody actually backed him up, and they’re likely going to let him fall.

    • ares35
      6•4 months ago

      it had to be politically motivated. even elon must be smart enough to know that kicking the kid off twitter wouldn’t stop the tracking of his plane… which is still readily available via multiple sources. he could have been dumb enough to spend $billions just to steal the @x handle though.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•4 months ago

      Twitter was the main tool in the Arab Spring revolutions. Whatever the Saudis paid to buy and destroy it was cheap for their goals.