I doubt he will lose 44 billion on Twitter.
The blue check verification program is $8/mon
25m signed up for it already
That’s $200m/mon or $2.4b/yr from just check marks.
In 2021, Twitter brought in $5b.
In a single move Elon increased revenue 50% almost over night.
I think his investment is safe.
I doubt it too.
When Twitter took off, it was a free speech platform - it became a sell-out operation over time. I’m sure certain people were paid handsomely to sell out and cancel conservative voices.
But the free-speech version of Twitter may yet prove to be the more profitable business model.