Elon Musk Ultimate Troll

ToolMaker 11/7/2022 11:07am
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Are you talking about impersonating another person as a joke?
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zehn 11/7/2022 11:08am
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He's probably rehiring people because so many advertisers bailed on the platform and Musk is realizing that antagonizing the very companies that keep Twitter afloat isn't a good long-term strategy.

Twitter sold almost zero advertising at their 2023 new front, which is $600-800 million in guaranteed revenue they lost out on

Combine that with the fact that Twitter pays $1 billion a year in interest payments and Musk looks pretty stupid right now
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philG 11/7/2022 11:55am
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ToolMaker wrote:
Are you talking about impersonating another person as a joke?
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Kathy Griffin has been impersonating a comedian ?
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George Costanza 11/7/2022 12:09pm
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they broke the terms of service... also, a verified account should probably not be a parody account. seems simple if you want try and eliminate misinformation, no?

whether he is regretting buying, or has made mistakes IDK or care... thats for him to deal with.
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MotoTribology 11/7/2022 12:35pm
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Twitter verified launches at $8 a month after midterms.Here is @elonmusk discussing, "You will get a lot more than just a blue checkmark. You will get...
The revenue from the "verified" buyers?

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ToolMaker 11/7/2022 12:38pm
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ToolMaker wrote:
Are you talking about impersonating another person as a joke?
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philG wrote:
Kathy Griffin has been impersonating a comedian ?
Yup, she's not liying when she claims to be a "D" lister
comedian.
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colintrax 11/7/2022 1:11pm
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So "Elon Musk @Kathy Griffin" is impersonation we don't like and deserves bans... on what is supposed to be the new free speech platform. But these parody pages on ban happy, super censored, Facebook is ok. I'm just checking.


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That's ugly, but kinda funny.
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TXDirt 11/11/2022 3:35am
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I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
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philG 11/11/2022 4:51am
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless.


Free speech cannot have a $$ value.

Amazon lost $1 trillion in market value and nothing changed. Still the same amount of people and the same amount of warehouses... someone decides it suddenly isnt worth as much, and its all gone, same as Crypto.
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swordfish 11/11/2022 5:35am
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
Everyone has an opinion.
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zehn 11/11/2022 11:09am
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philG wrote:
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless. Free speech cannot have a $$ value. Amazon lost $1 trillion in...
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless.


Free speech cannot have a $$ value.

Amazon lost $1 trillion in market value and nothing changed. Still the same amount of people and the same amount of warehouses... someone decides it suddenly isnt worth as much, and its all gone, same as Crypto.
I have to respect your commitment to whiteknighting for him. It’s seriously impressive
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jjavaman 11/11/2022 12:41pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
philG wrote:
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless. Free speech cannot have a $$ value. Amazon lost $1 trillion in...
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless.


Free speech cannot have a $$ value.

Amazon lost $1 trillion in market value and nothing changed. Still the same amount of people and the same amount of warehouses... someone decides it suddenly isnt worth as much, and its all gone, same as Crypto.
https://imgflip.com/m/politics/tag/brexit+bus
This is priceless phil, your country must be rolling in money😂😂
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tcannon521 11/11/2022 12:57pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
I too would prefer he focus on Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company and Neuralink but his Tweet makes a good point!




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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Musk understands this market a little better than you and I do.
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TeamGreen 11/11/2022 1:31pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
308 wrote:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Musk understands this market a little better than you and I do.
Then there’s this…

A bunch of “never-been & never-will-be do nothing narrative followers” talking shit on a guy that has produced more results…
In A DAY…
Then they will…
In the ENTIRETY of their lives!
Grinning
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philG 11/11/2022 1:35pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
philG wrote:
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless. Free speech cannot have a $$ value. Amazon lost $1 trillion in...
And yet , even at $44b , what he will achieve will be priceless.


Free speech cannot have a $$ value.

Amazon lost $1 trillion in market value and nothing changed. Still the same amount of people and the same amount of warehouses... someone decides it suddenly isnt worth as much, and its all gone, same as Crypto.
jjavaman wrote:
https://imgflip.com/m/politics/tag/brexit+bus This is priceless phil, your country must be rolling in money😂😂
https://imgflip.com/m/politics/tag/brexit+bus
This is priceless phil, your country must be rolling in money😂😂
Yeah, i am fucking loaded, the private jet market is doing great right now.

Covid has fucked it not Brexit
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Twitter today hit an all-time high for active users
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whyZ 11/11/2022 2:44pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
Elon bought it @ $45/shr., closed @$55. Maybe you should try and get a hold of him before he makes any more mistakes.
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TXDirt 11/11/2022 3:30pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
whyZ wrote:
Elon bought it @ $45/shr., closed @$55. Maybe you should try and get a hold of him before he makes any more mistakes.
What are you talking about? Twitter isn’t traded anymore. Musk paid $54.20 a share.
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tcannon521 11/11/2022 3:33pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
whyZ wrote:
Elon bought it @ $45/shr., closed @$55. Maybe you should try and get a hold of him before he makes any more mistakes.
I don’t think you understand how the process went. He purchased twitter and bought all shares (some big stakeholders allegedly didn’t sell Jack Dorsey for example) at $54.20 each. He then took the company private and off the public market.
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TXDirt 11/11/2022 6:51pm
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TXDirt wrote:
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today...
I think the Twitter purchase is a total waste of money. He bought it for 44 billion. He couldn’t even sell it for half that today.

I think the value of Twitter as some important part of society is MASSIVELY overstated. It could literally disappear tomorrow and we wouldn’t lose anything.

Calling it the “town square” is laughable.

At the end of the day, it’s not important, provides zero true value, and as a business is not profitable.

So basically Elon got duped into spending 44 billion on something that is practically worthless.

And this is a total distraction from him leading Tesla, and SpaceX, which do, or could, provide value. And instead he’s now off on setting Twitter and is 44 billion on literal fire.
308 wrote:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Musk understands this market a little better than you and I do.
He overpaid by more than $20 billion and lost $100 billion in personal wealth from leveraging tesla stock in the process because he's a genius.

Being a genius doesn’t mean you don’t make a mistake.

Buying Twitter was a colossal waste of money.
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Sunhouse 11/11/2022 7:35pm
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He overpaid by more than $20 billion and lost $100 billion in personal wealth from leveraging tesla stock in the process because he's a genius. Being...
He overpaid by more than $20 billion and lost $100 billion in personal wealth from leveraging tesla stock in the process because he's a genius.

Being a genius doesn’t mean you don’t make a mistake.

Buying Twitter was a colossal waste of money.
I think you are missing some critical aspects:
- investments are long term, you wouldn’t know what it can be worth as a free speech zone for the entire world in say 5 years ( see Berkshire Hathaway for reference)
- Musk is a philantropist. I even admit to laughing at him many years ago. When he showed e-cars were awesome and boosters could be autonomous and land for re-use despite NASA saying he was stupid, he convinced me.
- It’s hard not to cheer for a guy who holds no sides, he just seems to reinvent and prove us wrong. I think the guy must be a well functioning aspergers, no way people can do and handle things like he does without having a special power
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zehn 11/12/2022 9:51am
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TeamGreen wrote:
Then there’s this… A bunch of “never-been & never-will-be do nothing narrative followers” talking shit on a guy that has produced more results… In A DAY...
Then there’s this…

A bunch of “never-been & never-will-be do nothing narrative followers” talking shit on a guy that has produced more results…
In A DAY…
Then they will…
In the ENTIRETY of their lives!
Grinning
Could you please point out everything he aCcOmPlIsHeD oN dAy oNe that was so great?
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SEEMEFIRST 11/13/2022 2:42pm
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I've never seen an ad on Twitter.
Where is it supposed to make money?
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swordfish 11/13/2022 4:12pm
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I've never seen an ad on Twitter.
Where is it supposed to make money?
It doesn’t need to when the US government is paying the bills to use it as it’s propaganda arm.
There have been some interesting papers and pieces discussing the likelihood that the government funds it. Pointing out the resources required to run it and how Twitter could not possibly afford to on its own. No idea how much truth there is to the idea but it’s been written about a fair amount.
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