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Elon Musk I Bought Twitter!!!
TMZ ^ | October 27th, 2022 | unattributed

Posted on 10/27/2022 9:00:41 AM PDT by shadowlands1960

Elon Musk is officially Twitter's new daddy -- at least according to Elon Musk -- who says he hopes the platform will continue to be a digital town square for years to come.

The Tesla/SpaceX boss explained his reasons for the $44 billion purchase Thursday, saying, "There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right wing and far left wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide in our society."

He continues, "In the relentless pursuit of clicks, much of traditional media has fueled and catered to those polarized extremes, as they believe that is what brings in the money, but, in doing so, the opportunity for dialogue is lost."

He says, "That is why I bought Twitter. I didn't do it because it would be easy. I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility."

Elon's Twitter bio reflects his new purchase as well, calling himself the "Chief Twit." There's also a video that circulated this week showing the guy roaming about headquarters with moving boxes.

Like we said ... it closes the book on what turned out to be a bitter acquisition -- one that almost didn't happen when Elon threatened to pull out at the last minute. Remember, he said he felt Twitter wasn't giving him enough info on bots and spam accounts ... and that the value of the company might not have been as high as he was willing to pay at first.

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Politics
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; starlink; truthsocial; twitter
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It's official!

1 posted on 10/27/2022 9:00:41 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

Heads exploding...


2 posted on 10/27/2022 9:01:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: shadowlands1960

Gentlemen, start the layoffs


3 posted on 10/27/2022 9:01:34 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: shadowlands1960

I wonder what Twitter’s management did the past few months to poison-pill the deal by including a massive severance for those who end up being laid off.


4 posted on 10/27/2022 9:02:41 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: shadowlands1960

This will be interesting.
By my view the majority of Tweater users are liberals.
(I’ve been suspended for years but can read tweets)
Will they stick around? Or will Tweater become another version of Parler, Truth Social, etc?


5 posted on 10/27/2022 9:02:44 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: shadowlands1960

Luv it.


6 posted on 10/27/2022 9:03:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Our government is like a bunch of fleas discussing how they are going to manage their dog.)
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To: shadowlands1960

That’s why the twitter commies who are quitting hacked the New York post twitter account before leaving .. now bring back trump and Juanita Broderick


7 posted on 10/27/2022 9:03:22 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: CatOwner

that would be fraud


8 posted on 10/27/2022 9:04:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

9 posted on 10/27/2022 9:04:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nascarnation

Ok Musk reinstate Trumps account now .


10 posted on 10/27/2022 9:04:25 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: shadowlands1960

Let’s see if Trump and other notables on the right start getting unbanned.

(Wouldn’t that be awesome if it happened before the election?)


11 posted on 10/27/2022 9:04:45 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: nascarnation

Some will leave, some won’t.

It’s my understanding Musk wants to change the site as well.
Some type of marketplace in addition to its current scope.
We’ll see.


12 posted on 10/27/2022 9:05:02 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: nascarnation

I’m not sure how true that is. I follow about 100 conservative accounts on Twitter and have created a pretty good conservative commentary/news feed out of it. Now I just need to worry less about my followed accounts being taken out of action.


13 posted on 10/27/2022 9:05:24 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: nascarnation

“By my view the majority of Tweater users are liberals.”

By my estimation, the majority of twitter users are bots run by a few liberals :)


14 posted on 10/27/2022 9:05:37 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: nascarnation
By my view the majority of Tweater users are liberals.

There is a LOT of non-political stuff on Twitter. That should inform its main persona.
15 posted on 10/27/2022 9:05:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: shadowlands1960

One of the biggest head-fakes of all time. I don’t know what he is going to do with what he bought; but I’m pretty sure he’s going to re-purpose it.


16 posted on 10/27/2022 9:06:35 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: shadowlands1960

And among his first steps should be to unban all current and former US elected officials, inviting them, including President Trump to rejoin the platform. Setting that legal free speech shall be observed and respected, promising to fire any employee that violates it for political or personal reasons.


17 posted on 10/27/2022 9:06:54 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: shadowlands1960
Elon Musk: I Bought Twitter!!!

Great, now fire everybody.

18 posted on 10/27/2022 9:08:02 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: shadowlands1960

If he REALLY wants to “help humanity”, he’ll shut down Twitter once the ink is dry on the buyout.

Then, he can do the same for Facecrook, Instaporn, and TikToCCP.


19 posted on 10/27/2022 9:10:29 AM PDT by Ratman0823 ("Failure is not an option"... Unless you are a RINO!)
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To: shadowlands1960

if true, there’s a lot of egg on a lot of faces.


20 posted on 10/27/2022 9:11:06 AM PDT by dadfly
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