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Elon Musk says Twitter deal can’t happen until bot account dispute is resolved
NBC-2.com ^ | 5/17/2022 | CNN?

Posted on 05/17/2022 6:43:16 AM PDT by wastedyears

Without citing a source, Musk claimed in a tweet that Twitter is “20% fake/spam accounts” and suggested Twitter’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission were misleading. The company has said that less than 5% of its daily active users are spam accounts.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc-2.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bot; crime; elon; twitter
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Mods - the claimed source is from CNN, so I don't know what that would mean regarding any posting rules.
1 posted on 05/17/2022 6:43:16 AM PDT by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears; ransomnote
Maybe his plan is to just nuke Twitter?
2 posted on 05/17/2022 6:44:27 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

musk sending the poop emoji to the CEO just as the Indian engineer dude reveals info to some female about the Commie Mentality has me enjoying the destruction of twitter


3 posted on 05/17/2022 6:45:51 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: wastedyears

This is a helluva good way to root-out the facts regarding the number of Bot accounts. Good on Musk for shining a light on the behind-the-scenes areas of Twitter.


4 posted on 05/17/2022 6:46:35 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: wastedyears

Whatever the plan it’s working out to perfection.
If Elon just exposes Twitter and collapses it, fine & dandy. If he drives down the price, fires most of the staff and creates a free speech platform, excellent as well.
There is rot at the heart of all leftist organization and they destroy anything they touch.


5 posted on 05/17/2022 6:48:38 AM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: wastedyears
Interesting to consider.

Those who control the bots conceivably control the discourse on Twitter, essentially controlling the "cancel culture" of the Left.

Controlling those bots may be the most powerful political influence in the nation.

6 posted on 05/17/2022 6:49:53 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: wastedyears
Without citing a source, Musk claimed in a tweet that Twitter is “20% fake/spam accounts”

I'd bet money that Musk has a solid source documenting the rate is actually 25%.

7 posted on 05/17/2022 6:50:32 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: RummyChick

And that the twitter senior engineer interviewed works 5 hours a week which is fine, many at twitter take a month off for mental health. The engineer is stepping it up a bit because he wants a raise.


8 posted on 05/17/2022 6:50:35 AM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt
You're right, Jay.

In fact, there is rot at the heart of the left. It destroys anything it touches.

9 posted on 05/17/2022 6:51:10 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Saints are sinners who never gave up. --St. Theresa of Avila)
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To: wastedyears

All the birds are bots

Tweet

https://www.audubon.org/news/are-birds-actually-government-issued-drones-so-says-new-conspiracy-theory-making


10 posted on 05/17/2022 6:51:41 AM PDT by algore
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To: marktwain

Nice to have twitter subdued in time for the 2022 election season.


11 posted on 05/17/2022 6:51:49 AM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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Agree...Putting twitter in its place would be good news. Will they fess up to their stockholders? Was this ALWAYS Musk's intent...to make honest brokers out of twitter.

I expect the entire Board to resign within a few days.

12 posted on 05/17/2022 6:56:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: RummyChick

Dumping his shares would drive their price way down. Now might be a good time to short sell.


13 posted on 05/17/2022 6:59:34 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Sacajaweau
I expect the entire Board to resign within a few days.

I think the board is trapped forever. They can't resign and let someone else control the investigation into their years of fraud.

14 posted on 05/17/2022 7:00:23 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: wastedyears

So, if Twitter doesn’t sell to Musk they are looking at a wave of securities fraud lawsuits. Most will be filed a class actions.


15 posted on 05/17/2022 7:00:27 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: wastedyears

My guess is that the “Bot Accounts” were run from within the Twitter organization which would make the “misleading” of the FEC an actual conspiracy to defraud investors!


16 posted on 05/17/2022 7:01:35 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: wastedyears

I believe the CIA plays a major role in the funding and propaganda of Twitter.

I think a lot of the panic from the Left over the Elon Musk offer is they know the U.S. government is manipulating Twitter for propaganda purposes and the truth will come out.


17 posted on 05/17/2022 7:08:06 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Army Air Corps
Elon Musk to Twitter:


18 posted on 05/17/2022 7:08:24 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

BWAHAHAHAHA!


19 posted on 05/17/2022 7:11:43 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: outofsalt

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Even the “Liberal Freakout” over Musk buying Twitter was fake. It was just the conspirators knowing they were caught!


20 posted on 05/17/2022 7:16:06 AM PDT by gr8eman (Qui non laborat, non manducet)
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