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Musk, Twitter And The Art Of The Propaganda Coup
Elon Musk submitted more evidence on Tuesday attesting to the notion that when you're the richest person in the history of the world, the proverbial rules of the road don't apply.
The percentage of Twitter users comprised of "fake" or spam accounts could be "much higher" than 20%, Musk said, in a tweet, before seemingly suggesting that if the figure is in fact higher than 5% (the estimate the company includes in its quarterly filings), that would constitute a Material Adverse Effect under the m
Twitter’s response to Musk smacks of desperation. They clearly need him more than he needs them. The big mistake was allowing him to take this fight public, now he gets to control the narrative and has all of the power at the negotiating table.
How could they stop him from taking this fight public?
Don’t engage with him publicly, keep all discussions around the negotiation in closed door meetings.
Sure he’d still be out there spouting nonsense, but their engagement gives him more credibility.
Musk’s “offer” for Twiiter reminds me of Trump’s claim that he would make his tax returns public — “as soon as the audit is done.”
In some sense, Musk himself is fake/spam
The New Yorker is on the same page: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/twitter-in-chaos-after-the-elon-musk-who-offered-to-buy-it-turns-out-to-be-a-bot
Borowitz is an amazing satirist!
I’m just grateful that Musk was not born in the US. One Trump is enough.
The irony is that one of the more “uninvestable” personalities in the world (to me anyway) is also the wealthiest to have ever existed, and is the force behind one of the most valuable companies in the world today.
Why does Musk pander to the anti “woke” crowd? I still do not know what woke means other than it implies a convenient negative stereotype. The kid who showed up at the black girls house with a whip and called her out in the suburbs of Dallas is not woke, i am confident about that. Then again he did scratch the paint of the shiny expensive car of the black family, and his dad did accidentally fire the gun he pulled out when the black father and vehicle owner confronted him about his son’s adventures. Perhaps he was just too drowsy to be operating a handgun at that time, I think the criminal charges may wake him up a little. Elon is woke we just don’t understand
Don’t assume charges will stick. Texas has a “stand your ground law” which says if the gun owner felt “threatened” he had a right to defend himself with deadly force.
Musk is rich and successful but apparently warped by his power and achievements. It’s a real time morality play. Maybe he can coach Madison Cawthorne.
H-Man, he can gamble with a 1B walk away fee. If he believes the bot accounts devalue the company by that amount he walks or the price is reduced by that amount.