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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The didn't buy Twitter for a profit.

He bought Twitter to destroy it because big free horizontal communication platforms are bad for billionaires.

He can't just close it, so he just destroy it little by little until it is no more.

The same way conservative groups bought Tumblr because it was too sexual liberating for their conservative views.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He bought Twitter by mistake, and was forced into it by Twitter shareholders who saw the opportunity to make bank.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This is also the case, however he had the option to drop out with much lower losses.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he offered to buy twitter for a joke, and he actually did buy twitter because a court forced him to. not because this was some grand plan to accomplish anything - he literally spent months in court arguing that he shouldn't have to buy twitter, and he lost. that's the only reason he owns twitter now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

the court didn't force him, he could have paid a penalty that was much lower than his current losses.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who knew that removing functionality and limiting access to your product was the path to social media success.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently reddit attended the same workshop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just announced they're removing the coins/awards system.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

How else are we supposed to know that the [removed] comment at the top of r/news or r/politics was the best content in the thread?