Nah.. he’s still buying it... just haggling. I wonder just how easy it will be to eliminate all those bot accounts though. That is a big issue for him.
Perhaps a bot that takes out bots?
I am reminded of a similar buyout a while back — a TBoonePickens type thing.
Anyhoo, the buyer questioned whether the company to be bought was viable since it looked like so many of its “customers” were actually leaching off of them. Think the thieves that cut into a cable and steal service.
Well, in this case the thieves were illicitly downloading code updates on boxes, and then using said box to steal .....”stuff”. Like Twitter’s bots, usage and whatnot were being inflated and the buyer wanted to lower his offer.
So, the techies finally got off their butts and did something. They told him “watch this”. With each regular update/download a little bit of extra code was included. With the next a little bit more. Yada, yada. At an appointed time the extra code was activated, called home, and confirmed whether or not the box it was on was legit. If legit, nothing happened. If not, the extra code fried the box. Turned it into an unusable brick. Could not be fixed.
Buyer was impressed and bought them.
If Twitter had not been profiting from their bots they would have done something similar.
I’ve been plagued with Trolls and bots for years. Right now they appear to be a lot less than normal. But I have blocked a few this week. They clearly only exist to cause trouble and argue with any who don’t support the #ComDem Agenda.
How ever it works out, Elon Musk is sure shaking the freaks up.
If the sale goes through, he will change the tone and a lot of ComDem Freaks will be out of a job.
Regardless, they are exposed now.