Posted on 05/01/2023 5:14:17 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey admitted “it all went south” for the social media behemoth when new owner Elon Musk purchased the site for an incredible $44 billion last year.
Dorsey sharply criticized Musk last week after he initially backed the billionaire to guide the site into the future a year ago.
When asked on his emerging social media site Bluesky Friday if Musk was the right man to lead the platform, Dorsey replied “no,” according to reports.
“Nor do I think he acted right after realizing his timing was bad,” Dorsey wrote, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Nor do I think the board should have forced the sale. It all went south.”
Bluesky is a competing alternative to Twitter funded by Dorsey and is currently invite-only.
One Bluesky user noted it was pretty sad how it all went down, with Dorsey agreeing.
However, he noted that Twitter “would have never survived as a public company.”
“Would you rather have had it owned by hedge funds and Wall Street activists? That was the only alternative,” Dorsey said, according to Bloomberg.
Musk has made major and controversial changes at Twitter since he took over as CEO in October. He slashed more than half the staff and tweaked content moderation.
He also has pitched a Twitter subscription service where users can pay $8 per month to get a blue check mark.
Legacy check marks, previously reserved for high profile users on the site, were lost in April though some users claim they were given a blue check mark without paying for the subscription service.
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Twitter has the chance to save the people of the world, esp those with no voice.
This guy sold us out.
I think Elon Musk has plans for Twitter and they start with a guy named Tucker.
Well at least Elon steps pretty close to his razor.
Jack Dorsey should be in prison for the rest of his natural life.
Am I the only one who would find it quite pleasurable to rip Dorsey’s earring from his nose?
“South”, must mean freedom in whatever language this pos speaks.
I agree or banished from the USA for life. He threw the election, along with FB and fake news but many say Twitters decision to hide the Hunter Laptop story was the pivotal move.
On Dorsey’s claim there is a little truth to it. Only because a huge number of former Twitter member were leftists and democrats and they left. But also didn’t Musk buy it when the shares were at all time highs?
Elon said it wasn’t the best financial move he’s ever made but somethings (free speech) are more important than money.
Sort of like how becoming the most vilified president in history, when you’re a successful billionaire, wasn’t the smartest move Trump ever made, but some things are more important.
He always reminds me of Cain in Robocop 2
I did something I said I would never do...I joined Twitter recently. I thought new “news” came thru in a lightening flash here at FR, but it’s almost intravenous at Twitter. There also seems to be a renewed fervor there that supports America and freedom of speech. (Being able to catch Musk’s tweets in real time is pretty incredible.)
That being said, there’s a lot about Twitter I don’t like and I doubt I’ll spend much time there.
People should be put on trial for conspiracy to deprive Americans of 1A
Dorsey is hoping to provoke a defensive response from Elon. This will immediately draw attention (Battle of The Titans!) and raise Dorseys online profile for his new competing site.
Why am I not shocked that this fool still doesn’t understand that his ‘business savvy’ and opinions have been proven nothing other than he’s a schmuck?
Seriously.... this guys opinion is about as irrelevant as one can be. Musk blew it up and now Jack is butthurt.
In a couple years it will be making good money and he will sell it off for a profit, hopefully to someone who shares his values.
Also lied under oath to Congress but nothing happened because he’s an agent of Biden’s government and is protected.
Exactly!
Jack Dorsey should shut his mouth ASAP or risk a lawsuit.
He currently has $1,000,000,000 invested in Twitter and the SEC can go after him.
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