Musk offers to buy Twitter

Brad · May 04, 2022, 12:45:47 PM

Musk playing with charging corporations and government to Tweet.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056524/elon-musk-twitter-business-plans-charging-governments-corporations

I want to say charge politicians and PACs but that probably isn't a good idea.

ergophobe · May 10, 2022, 10:55:01 PM

Audio of Twitter all-employee conference call leaked
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/twitter-leaked-all-hands-call/

Brad · May 17, 2022, 03:26:12 PM

Bravado and bad business acumen leave Musk facing a $1B penalty for his Twitter fiasco

https://boingboing.net/2022/05/17/bravado-and-bad-business-acumen-leave-musk-facing-a-1b-penalty-for-his-twitter-fiasco.html

It would appear Musk waived his right to due diligence in his offer. So bot count does not matter.

littleman · May 17, 2022, 09:07:26 PM

I really do not understand this purchase. Musk should be busy enough with Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Boring. This is like the opposite of too many people digging a whole in the ground.

Maybe it just comes down to him wanting to say what ever the hell he wants without anyone being able to shut him down?

rcjordan · May 18, 2022, 01:13:54 PM

^{I hope he doesn't buy it but Debbie says he's right to question the bot count.}

More than 23% of Elon Musk's Twitter followers are spam or fake accounts, research groups say (businessinsider.com)

ergophobe · May 18, 2022, 05:36:55 PM

Quote from: littleman on May 17, 2022, 09:07:26 PM
I really do not understand this purchase.

This won't work well in writing, but here goes. How do you spell megalomania? M-U-S-K.

I've been so out of the social media thing for so long, I really don't even know how most of it works. What is the purpose of all of these Twitter bots? Is it all just affiliate link drops? How do bots make money? Are there incentives other than money?