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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Twitter is being bought for billions by some charachter called Elon MUsk.

Where did this Dr Evil pop up from? As for Twitter I found it to be the bore of the century.

Is Musk actually a good guy and is he spending his billions wisely?

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

He's an anti-tax libertarian. The right-wingers of America love him and there a lot of support for him doing this because they think he will protect freedom of speech. They have more faith in the super-rich than I do.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"He's an anti-tax libertarian. The right-wingers of America love him and there a lot of support for him doing this because they think he will protect freedom of speech. They have more faith in the super-rich than I do. "

Yup, and so succinctly put

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By *ustme34Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Hes already the biggest share holder of twitter before his buy out

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

He made a fortune from founding and then selling PayPal. He is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, among other things.

He is also quite happy to make wild statements which get him into trouble.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"He's an anti-tax libertarian. The right-wingers of America love him and there a lot of support for him doing this because they think he will protect freedom of speech. They have more faith in the super-rich than I do. "

Yup.

I suspect his "freedom of speech" will not look like yours or mine.

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I was surprised he got away with calling that cave rescuer what he did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wonder if Twitter will change much?

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"I was surprised he got away with calling that cave rescuer what he did."

The benefits of wealth and influence I guess

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By *couseKnotsMan
over a year ago

Nottingham


"He made a fortune from founding and then selling PayPal. He is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, among other things.

He is also quite happy to make wild statements which get him into trouble.

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And he gives his children weird AF names, X Æ A-12 Musk & Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. What’s all that about?

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

I’ve never used Twitter. Am I missing out on something?

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"I’ve never used Twitter. Am I missing out on something? "

No

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wonder if Twitter will change much?"

I'm not sure it could get worse although Musk's idea of free speech might mean bringing Trump back. I went private last year but I find it incredibly useful to follow breaking news and track opinion.

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield


"I wonder if Twitter will change much?"

That’s not how this works. The users are the product. It’s a social media platform.

They harvest the data then sell it / metadata.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wonder if Twitter will change much?

That’s not how this works. The users are the product. It’s a social media platform.

They harvest the data then sell it / metadata. "

Users will respond to the rules put in place. Those rules, the moderation - will almost certainly change with Musk in charge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Twitter is being bought for billions by some charachter called Elon MUsk.

Where did this Dr Evil pop up from? As for Twitter I found it to be the bore of the century.

Is Musk actually a good guy and is he spending his billions wisely?"

Hahahaha where did he pop up from!!!..hahahaha..

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I wonder if Twitter will change much?

I'm not sure it could get worse although Musk's idea of free speech might mean bringing Trump back. I went private last year but I find it incredibly useful to follow breaking news and track opinion."

I think it'll get worse. Scandals bring revenue

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

What I refer to is not visible to users.

But I was pulled up for swearing and presented with an edit box recently - before he took over.

I find Twitter very frustrating. You seem to be fine to be an utter arsehole but then get banned for swearing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What I refer to is not visible to users.

But I was pulled up for swearing and presented with an edit box recently - before he took over.

I find Twitter very frustrating. You seem to be fine to be an utter arsehole but then get banned for swearing?"

Porn and MAP content absolutely tickety boo atm. Will that change?

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma


"I was surprised he got away with calling that cave rescuer what he did.

The benefits of wealth and influence I guess"

UK and US laws are vastly different when it comes libel, slander and freedom of speech. I'm not going to pretend I know all of the differences, but simply speaking you can insinuate and say a lot more about a person in the US than here in the UK.

Someone is likely to know the in's and outs on here and put me straight

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I was surprised he got away with calling that cave rescuer what he did.

The benefits of wealth and influence I guess

UK and US laws are vastly different when it comes libel, slander and freedom of speech. I'm not going to pretend I know all of the differences, but simply speaking you can insinuate and say a lot more about a person in the US than here in the UK.

Someone is likely to know the in's and outs on here and put me straight "

Grounds for defamation much narrower in the US, generally.

What I've gleaned is from legal commentators on YouTube

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the guy. I can’t help like him. I’d like to him a beer.

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By *ranimallxl5Man
over a year ago

Winchester


"I’ve never used Twitter. Am I missing out on something? "

Porn

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden


"I’ve never used Twitter. Am I missing out on something?

No"

I've never used it either and now I will be even less inclined to do so.

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By *hubby CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Essex

Hmmm will there be swingers in mars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you look at who already owned shares in Twitter I don’t think Musk would be the worst of them. Either way I will continue to use it because it’s a brilliant app.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

$44 billion! Strewth!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"$44 billion! Strewth!!! "

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left "

Elon’s more than welcome to pass the remainder my way

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Twitter is the playground for keyboard warriors x

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By *uietly_KinkyMan
over a year ago

High Wycombe


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left "

Then whover wrote that can't do maths. There are roughly 330 million people in the US - a million dollars apiece would mean giving away 330 TRILLION dollars. Thats about four times annual global GDP, no individual has that much money.

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By *osey WalesMan
over a year ago

Surrey


"I’ve never used Twitter. Am I missing out on something?

No

I've never used it either and now I will be even less inclined to do so."

Never used it either.

Propaganda and fake news will be proliffic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Then whover wrote that can't do maths. There are roughly 330 million people in the US - a million dollars apiece would mean giving away 330 TRILLION dollars. Thats about four times annual global GDP, no individual has that much money."

Funnily enough I seen this on Twitter

I guess they were using a real billion and not the US version.

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By *uietly_KinkyMan
over a year ago

High Wycombe


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Then whover wrote that can't do maths. There are roughly 330 million people in the US - a million dollars apiece would mean giving away 330 TRILLION dollars. Thats about four times annual global GDP, no individual has that much money.

Funnily enough I seen this on Twitter

I guess they were using a real billion and not the US version."

Unfortunatrly, that would mean Musk is paying 44 billiard dollars, not 44 billion.

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left "

Just did a quick calculation as that sounded crazy -

population approx 330,000,000; x$1m each = 330,000,000,000,000 or $330 trillion. He’s currently only at a measly $264 billion, poor chap.

If he’s worth $300 billion (he’s not) then it’s about $909 each. Yes, I should be working instead of doing this

Mr TMN

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Just did a quick calculation as that sounded crazy -

population approx 330,000,000; x$1m each = 330,000,000,000,000 or $330 trillion. He’s currently only at a measly $264 billion, poor chap.

If he’s worth $300 billion (he’s not) then it’s about $909 each. Yes, I should be working instead of doing this

Mr TMN "

I didn’t work it out or even put any thought into it. It just sounded plausible because he’s so rich. Now I feel like we should start a gofundme for him.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Just did a quick calculation as that sounded crazy -

population approx 330,000,000; x$1m each = 330,000,000,000,000 or $330 trillion. He’s currently only at a measly $264 billion, poor chap.

If he’s worth $300 billion (he’s not) then it’s about $909 each. Yes, I should be working instead of doing this

Mr TMN "

Is that the population of single people or the whole population, it's the way you read em

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Just did a quick calculation as that sounded crazy -

population approx 330,000,000; x$1m each = 330,000,000,000,000 or $330 trillion. He’s currently only at a measly $264 billion, poor chap.

If he’s worth $300 billion (he’s not) then it’s about $909 each. Yes, I should be working instead of doing this

Mr TMN

I didn’t work it out or even put any thought into it. It just sounded plausible because he’s so rich. Now I feel like we should start a gofundme for him."

I think it’s the least we could do

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden


"$44 billion! Strewth!!!

I read if he gave $1m to every single person living in America he’d still have $7 billion left

Just did a quick calculation as that sounded crazy -

population approx 330,000,000; x$1m each = 330,000,000,000,000 or $330 trillion. He’s currently only at a measly $264 billion, poor chap.

If he’s worth $300 billion (he’s not) then it’s about $909 each. Yes, I should be working instead of doing this

Mr TMN

I didn’t work it out or even put any thought into it. It just sounded plausible because he’s so rich. Now I feel like we should start a gofundme for him.

I think it’s the least we could do "

He probably doesn't even have $264 billion, except on paper based on the shares he has in his companies.

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