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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  • DrunemetonEnglish
    8•10 months ago

    IIRC he was fighting “tooth & nail” to get out of the deal…until they made a request for some of his e-mails.

    Suddenly he’s done fighting and carried through with the purchase.

    (Sorry but I’m going into an appointment so no time to look up this new event…)

    • @NotMyOldRedditNameEnglish
      4•10 months ago

      I thought it was more than emails, it was all communication around it?

      Really wish he’d kept fighting do we’d see that.