Any one have Stock in Twitter? Blue bird forum value dropped by like 37 Billion

[Botten]

Wow!

Fidelity: Twitter worth $6.55 billion, not $44 billion it was sold for (https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-worth-one-third-what-musk-paid-for-it/507-4ac1bc60-9852-4b25-b2fc-d070633877d1)

I knew Elon was making mistakes I didn’t know it was this bad.

[Patriam1066]

He took it private. Stockholders already got paid

[unsunghero]

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[unsunghero]

I just think it’s funny howBANNED

[Ekco]

sounds like a dumb purchase but you really can't put a price on a App that literally controls what X amount of people think and feel about the world. he bought it for the same reason people bought newspapers or tv stations.

so maybe the billionaire that made a private space rocket company and electric car company successful when others thought it was a joke, has a plan. neuralink got approval for human trials so i assume integrating that with it is part of the goal.

[Trexller]

yeah it would be unwise to underestimate Elon Musk

this guy has a long record of being told "it's not gonna work" then replying with "hold my beer"

and like patriam said, everyone who really cares got paid.

Twitter, Inc. no longer exists, its now owned by X Corp, which is owned by X Holdings Corp, which is owned by Elon Musk.

[MrSparkle001]

There's no way Twitter was ever valued anywhere near the $44 billion he bought it for. It goes down as one of the dumbest purchases in history. That cost will never be recouped solely by Twitter. It's not a tech stock like Meta that is pursuing other avenues like AI.

And it tanked my Tesla stock. It's only now beginning to recover. As soon as he announced he was indeed purchasing it it dropped, then him selling shares tanked it.

Imagine being so damned rich you can drop $44 billion on a social media site that will never recoup your cost just because you want more control over its content?

[Toxigen]

There's no way Twitter was ever valued anywhere near the $44 billion he bought it for. It goes down as one of the dumbest purchases in history. That cost will never be recouped solely by Twitter. It's not a tech stock like Meta that is pursuing other avenues like AI.

And it tanked my Tesla stock. It's only now beginning to recover. As soon as he announced he was indeed purchasing it it dropped, then him selling shares tanked it.

Imagine being so damned rich you can drop $44 billion on a social media site that will never recoup your cost just because you want more control over its content?

what else ya gonna spend it on?

hes protecting free speech, git gud

[MrSparkle001]

what else ya gonna spend it on?

hes protecting free speech, git gud

I like the liberal tears it's been producing, I don't like the drop in my net worth it's been producing.

[Raj]

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I just think it’s funny howBANNED

LOL

You are sounding very much as the Class Clown today my friend. Stay strong USH :cool:

[Toxigen]

There's a new sheriff in town and clearly they ain't down with elf peepul discussing current events.

[unsunghero]

New P99 forums:

“Lol good luck in next presidential election, your candidate has zBANNED

[unsunghero]

“Did you hear Trump is getting indicted again, haha this is exactly w-BANNED

[MrSparkle001]

There's a new sheriff in town and clearly they ain't down with elf peepul discussing current events.

There's a difference between discussing current events and what goes on with the autists on this forum day and night, weekdays and weekends.

[Mortecon]

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Please refer to this post and I hope everyone has a great day.

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[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Let's keep things firmly grounded in the absurd folks. Not the manipulative.


On that note:
https://i.imgur.com/Eq4QOXK.jpg

[branamil]

No one has twitter stock anymore unless you were part of the public buyout, idiot.

[Botten]

It will be interesting if

Musk seeks to shore up a sinking Twitter (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/23/with-desantis-campaign-event-musk-seeks-to-shore-up-a-sinking-twitter)

Just seems silly to buy an audience that won't stick around a ship that is clearing going down.

Especially if he plans to host podcasts anything like the DeSantis debacle.

[MrSparkle001]

Thing is though what's the alternative to Twitter?

[Evia]

MySpace was the pinnacle of social media. It went downhill with FB and completely unbearable with Twitter.

Perhaps that's more of a reflection on how our society has evolved, and less about the platforms themselves.

[unsunghero]

name calling, or insensitivity

“I mean no swearing, no throwing clubs and especially no hitting other players”

[aussenseiter]

Let's keep things firmly grounded in the absurd folks. Not the manipulative.


On that note:
https://i.imgur.com/Eq4QOXK.jpg

There's always the absurdity of an executive organ superior to its body. :)

[Smoofers]

Looking forward to TruthGPT

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Looking forward to TruthGPT

Excellence in Broadcasting took in more suckers than John Holmes during a "Curiosity Night" in Castro.

[magnetaress]

People are retarted especially when it comes to shekkels

that is why they need the guidance of G-D!

[unsunghero]

A tiny percent of the population uses Twitter, which is disproportionate to the influence it seems to have. So I personally-

[Duik]

A tiny percent of the population uses Twitter, which is disproportionate to the influence it seems to have. So I personally-

But you are disproportionately cleverer than the average bear.
Most numbnuts unfortunately assume Musk "knows whats hes doingses" cuz he is le genius and make the dissociative connection that if he doin it, it must be the good. Gratz on being le clever though.

[Botten]

Oof Twitter

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation (https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/29/bye-bye-birdie-eu-bids-farewell-to-twitter-as-company-pulls-out-of-code-to-fight-disinform)

[aussenseiter]

Oof Twitter

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation (https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/29/bye-bye-birdie-eu-bids-farewell-to-twitter-as-company-pulls-out-of-code-to-fight-disinform)

If the Europeans want to pass a law saying Europeans can't use Twitter, bully for them.

[MrSparkle001]

Isn't "disinformation" dangerously close to "anything we don't approve of"?

[booter]

no it's literal, objectively, easily-provable disinformation / propaganda

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Isn't "disinformation" dangerously close to "anything we don't approve of"?


Alright, let's stipulate human beings are lucky if they *survive* not excel. We try, but we don't always do that good. But, that is also part of how lucky we are.


An ideal situation is an incentivized peer reviewed information source. Imagine three labs, each given a task and paid 1 billion dollars. How these labs complete the task is irrelevant. But the goal is verifiable and so the product is verifiable. And they only get 1 billion dollars each if the perform the task.

I think that works pretty good, right? The end-result is already given (produce an X than can do Y) and you have 3 labs that might not want to just cooperate, but also perhaps be the lab that discovers the biggest clue, the key to the solution.


That lab gets ribs. That lab hosts the after party. That lab, gets laid.


"an incentivized peer reviewed information source" = what happened when capitalism met scientific method. I still tear up at the diner scene. You can fake it! That is why we need independent peer review!


OK. Not everything functions like a high-stakes capital-scientific enterprise.



But, that is the type of situation in which "what is approved of" matches up very well with solid information. And that is a lot of stuff in the world. What gets approved is what matches up. That is the job. Always go to sources that if they are wrong, they suffer. And don't look for the whole picture. That's your job.

[aussenseiter]

Alright, let's stipulate human beings are lucky if they *survive* not excel. We try, but we don't always do that good. But, that is also part of how lucky we are.


An ideal situation is an incentivized peer reviewed information source. Imagine three labs, each given a task and paid 1 billion dollars. How these labs complete the task is irrelevant. But the goal is verifiable and so the product is verifiable. And they only get 1 billion dollars each if the perform the task.

I think that works pretty good, right? The end-result is already given (produce an X than can do Y) and you have 3 labs that might not want to just cooperate, but also perhaps be the lab that discovers the biggest clue, the key to the solution.


That lab gets ribs. That lab hosts the after party. That lab, gets laid.


"an incentivized peer reviewed information source" = what happened when capitalism met scientific method. I still tear up at the diner scene. You can fake it! That is why we need independent peer review!


OK. Not everything functions like a high-stakes capital-scientific enterprise.



But, that is the type of situation in which "what is approved of" matches up very well with solid information. And that is a lot of stuff in the world. What gets approved is what matches up. That is the job. Always go to sources that if they are wrong, they suffer. And don't look for the whole picture. That's your job.

Did you see the Sokal sequel? (https://www.chronicle.com/article/sokal-squared-is-huge-publishing-hoax-hilarious-and-delightful-or-an-ugly-example-of-dishonesty-and-bad-faith/)

[MrSparkle001]

no it's literal, objectively, easily-provable disinformation / propaganda

Well yeah sometimes disinformation is obvious but we've all seen how some content is flagged as disinformation because it holds unpopular opinions.

It's a slippery slope. The obvious disinformation is easy to spot (usually). It's the wrongthink content getting flagged and removed that's troublesome.

[magnetaress]

Well yeah sometimes disinformation is obvious but we've all seen how some content is flagged as disinformation because it holds unpopular opinions.

It's a slippery slope. The obvious disinformation is easy to spot (usually). It's the wrongthink content getting flagged and removed that's troublesome.

[Botten]

Elon pushing misinformation.
Yeah…Parroted links from this platform can’t be trusted.

Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter (https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-filing-elon-musk-is-simply-wrong-about-government-interference-at-twitter/)

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Did you see the Sokal sequel? (https://www.chronicle.com/article/sokal-squared-is-huge-publishing-hoax-hilarious-and-delightful-or-an-ugly-example-of-dishonesty-and-bad-faith/)

The Sokal fiasco is a fiasco of the publishing world.

[clip: pay me]

You do know that at one time only a dozen or so people could work with various early 20th century physics? Things fray at the edges. No big whoop.

[PRogers]

I like the liberal tears it's been producing, I don't like the drop in my net worth it's been producing.

go woke, go broke. right guys? right?

[Toxigen]

if you're woke you're probably poor already so yeah

[Ooloo]

Elon is fine, twitter is fine. He chose to lose money on purpose out of principle, because a bunch of gigantic babies were running the company before. Sorry about that, if you don't like it build your own twitter!

They aren't "right wing" now just because they don't ban every single conservative anymore. If they were right wing, they would ban all the leftists. But they don't. They simply allow right wing people to talk, which is apparently enough to be called a "far right" platform.

"Disinformation" is a completely useless, nebulous term whose definition changes by the hour. It just never gets old hearing the left shriek about authoritarianism and "fascism" (another word they can't define) while being the most tyranical and censorious assholes ever.

[Ennewi]

Guy said chess was too simple then showed off a pretty horrible Elden Ring build.

[Origen]

If they were right wing, they would ban all the leftists. But they don't

"Disinformation" is a completely useless, nebulous term whose definition changes by the hour. It just never gets old hearing the left shriek about authoritarianism and "fascism" (another word they can't define) while being the most tyranical and censorious assholes ever.This is your brain on The Daily Wire

[Ooloo]

This is your brain on The Daily Wire

Haha ok and why is it wrong? Noticed you didn't care to explain that part.

Twitter is now an actual neutral platform for people all over the world to talk about things, or at least much closer to it, which was their entire mission statement in the first place. Adults should be able to talk about things freely provided they don't break the actual law. In fact this is crucial to the prosperity of society, if you've ever opened a history book.

The left now calls it a "far right" platform, even though presumably a "far right" platform would start vindictively banning all the leftists, which they don't. So what part of what I said is wrong?

[Origen]

Bloviation isn't a substitute for substance

Prattle on, detail your feelings all you want. Doesn't make you smart.

[MrSparkle001]

There's no way Twitter was ever valued anywhere near the $44 billion he bought it for. It goes down as one of the dumbest purchases in history. That cost will never be recouped solely by Twitter. It's not a tech stock like Meta that is pursuing other avenues like AI.

And it tanked my Tesla stock. It's only now beginning to recover. As soon as he announced he was indeed purchasing it it dropped, then him selling shares tanked it.

Imagine being so damned rich you can drop $44 billion on a social media site that will never recoup your cost just because you want more control over its content?

My TSLA stock is up $60/share since that post. Recovering quite nicely.

Anyone that got in when they dropped it to around $150 is making out great.

[Ooloo]

Bloviation isn't a substitute for substance

Prattle on, detail your feelings all you want. Doesn't make you smart.

I don't really care if I'm smart or not, statistically I'm probably not that smart. I do care about what is true and what makes sense though. If something doesn't make sense or is wildly unfair to some group of people I generally oppose it.

[Origen]

"Generally" doing some heavy lifting there, transphobe and woman hater

[Origen]

Oh, also, racist. Can't forget the racist posts, hope u get banned again and permanently. Got my eye on you

[Ooloo]

"Generally" doing some heavy lifting there, transphobe and woman hater

Basanos is that you?

Good lord man. I'm not a racist, I'm not a transphobe, I'm like a normal person and I post my opinions here on this internet discussion forum. Get a grip.

[Origen]

Sounds like you got nothing to worry about, then

Post away

[arvidez]

twitter collects data on human behavior/language. i think that is what he wanted.

biological essentialism being a curse word means that this data going up in value. when words override the flesh.

also he controls a small nation on that app. a nation frothing at the mouth.

like his personal zoo.

[Botten]

Australia issues Elon Musk's Twitter with a 'please explain' notice over surge in online hate (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/cph-e-safety-commissioner-compels-twitter-to-produce-documents/102505546)

[arvidez]

how are we ever gonna eliminate hate if you keep hating?

[Trexller]

Australia issues Elon Musk's Twitter with a 'please explain' notice over surge in online hate (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/cph-e-safety-commissioner-compels-twitter-to-produce-documents/102505546)

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