Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    49·
    1 year ago

    I don’t see how claiming he bought Twitter to try and shut up a teenager does anyting to help his reputation.

      • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.caEnglish
        20·
        1 year ago

        Anyone who thinks spending 44 billion dollars on shutting up a teenager constitutes a “genius plan” is already fully on-board the Musk cult. I don’t think there’s really much reinforcement happening.

        I agree we shouldn’t pretend he’s anything less than a dumb asshole who got caught with his pants down.

      • Swuden@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I dunno man. A teenager baiting a billionaire into spending a significant amount of his fortune to shut him up sounds like the most successful troll in history to me.