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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
On today’s call he told staff if they aren’t in the office, their resignation is accepted, Twitter may be bankrupt in a few months, and when somebody asked what his plan was he said “I don’t know…we all to be more hardcore”
Thanks. Do you have a link for this?
Musk Warns Twitter Bankruptcy Possible as Senior Executives Exit
(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it doesn’t start generating more cash, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergMusk Warns Twitter...
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Last night I back of the enveloped the eventual sales price at 25-30% of the actual market value when he purchased (est. $25-30B) -- or $6-9B. I was just spitballing though.
The Commish
Footballguy
This seems about right. I can't think of many (any?) SM platforms that don't have smoke/mirrors as a decent portion of their foundation. I might become a rather large fan of Musk if he ends up crashing and burning this portion of SM. It sucks for those that build their business on it, but understanding what you are building ON should be a top priority so you can then account for all possibilities.
supermike80
Footballguy
Whatever happens. I genuinely feel bad for all the twitter employees. Having this hanging over your head can't be pleasant. What a sucky feeling
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[scooter]
Footballguy
It doesn't help when one of the people acting like the app will go dark is the owner of the company.
With the obvious motivation to light a fire under the employees and an excuse to get rid of a lot of them. Musk has enough money where Twitter is going to hang around for a while.
Jayrod
Footballguy
He said bankruptcy is a possibility.
Most likely to motivate and justify some of the extreme moves he is making.
Real bankruptcy is a long process.
But I'm mostly talking about the chicken littles and Musk haters acting like it's already the end. I trust the richest man in the world to figure it before I trust a bunch of armchair QBs who never accomplished 1/1000th what Musk has already in his life.
massraider
Footballguy
Twitter Blue signups disappear
The $7.99 subscription service only launched earlier this week but users are reporting that the option to sign up has disappeared from the iOS app.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
The good news is that my TL has mostly shut up about Twitter.
The bad news is that my TL now seems to be 100% devoted to some crypto scam that imploded upon itself. I didn't realize I had this many "crypto people" in my TL.
The bad news is that my TL now seems to be 100% devoted to some crypto scam that imploded upon itself. I didn't realize I had this many "crypto people" in my TL.
All this makes me feel like the tide's going out and we're about to see who's been skinny dipping
Ilov80s
Footballguy
What did that last, 2 days?
massraider
Footballguy
I would draw an analogy to NFL owners.
Wealthy guy takes ownership of a new business, has never done it before, onlookers have comments. The new owner starts getting graded right away. Some NFL owners are more likable than others.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I was just going to compare it to the Shark Pool, where armchair coaches, GMs, and team doctors always know more than those who get paid to do it.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
To a hammer everything looks like a nail.Hating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Terpman22
Footballguy
This statement is funny. Shark Pool is fantasy football, not NFL strategy mainly. Where....the people playing get paid winnings usually. I think thats how it works.
GoBirds
Footballguy
Yep, and most importantly he took it away from those that were selectively censoring based on their agenda. Already a win no matter what happened from here in my opinion.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
You obviously don't pay attention to the game threads. Or the threads where people discuss bad draft picks or coaching decisions.
Terpman22
Footballguy
I guess you are right, it was just a weird comparison in my opinion. But do carry on good sir!
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
It's ok. Like a jaywalker on a busy street, I often go on the slimmest of margins.
Desert_Power
Footballguy
I think that post was a bit spurious in it's logic, but may not be far off. He's staring at tens of billions in unrealized losses for sure right now.Finance guy on Twitter suggesting that based on current data the implied spot price of Twitter is $8B.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Who you gonna believe? Me? Or your lyin' eyes?
the moops
Footballguy
Care to comment on the blue check fiasco that we are seeing? Please try and be as apolitical as possible jonNo it has nothing to do with politics. It isn't like they hate him because he is dismantling a pillar of the wokiest hold of online censorship. It is purely coincidence that psf hacks keep cheerleading hoping for its downfall.Hating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Max Power
Footballguy
This was happening long before Musk took over
The General
Footballguy
Seriously someone explain this one to me or don’t perhaps that is verbotenHating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
The platform needs revenue streams and it is logical to try to make the people who most benefit from Twitter to pay something. The implementation is half-baked, but Musk will figure something out.Care to comment on the blue check fiasco that we are seeing? Please try and be as apolitical as possible jonNo it has nothing to do with politics. It isn't like they hate him because he is dismantling a pillar of the wokiest hold of online censorship. It is purely coincidence that psf hacks keep cheerleading hoping for its downfall.Hating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Max Power
Footballguy
Probably akin to bringing up Fauci. Positive nature its ok, negative its political.Seriously someone explain this one to me or don’t perhaps that is verbotenHating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Tom Hagen
Footballguy
The difference is that yesterday fake Adam Schefter and fake Woj could get a blue check next to their names for $8. It made it more difficult to spot the fakes.
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Still seeing fake tweets constantly. Good thing their content moderation team is well staffed.
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Can you at least admit he’s done far more harm to the company than good since buying it?
It’s cool that he trying different things to make his business better but it’s like he’s throwing spaghetti at the wall (is that the expression?).
I think if anyone needs to R-E-L-A-X it’s Elon.
massraider
Footballguy
Caused their stock price to go down, as well as two other makers of insulin. Dang.
Max Power
Footballguy
Maybe this will help places like ESPN do their homework instead of broadcasting previous fake schefter and woz news.
I understand it's a problem, but fake news is nothing new. Blue checks may have meant more to the sports world, but there have always been issues.
The General
Footballguy
The funny thing about this blue check you could buy is that it was so obvious that this would happen and I know **** all about Twitter. People were saying this would happen.Maybe this will help places like ESPN do their homework instead of broadcasting previous fake schefter and woz news.
I understand it's a problem, but fake news is nothing new. Blue checks may have meant more to the sports world, but there have always been issues.
It's great watching this like an episode of "Succession".
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Not really. They had entire teams dedicated to making sure this stuff didn't happen. You couldn't just pay to be validated...you had to go through a PROCESS.
p.s. - all those teams are now gone.
the moops
Footballguy
There were verified pharmaceutical companies tweeting that insulin was free or verified politicians tweeting about missing the killing of Iraqis?
Things are definitely different the past week or so
The General
Footballguy
Am I understanding correctly that the contention is that people want to see Twitter now fail so these types of discussions can't be posted on it?Probably akin to bringing up Fauci. Positive nature its ok, negative its political.Seriously someone explain this one to me or don’t perhaps that is verbotenHating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Well Fauci is a good example. There was one side who believes only the official government narrative should be discussed, while the other side believes the official narrative should be open to criticism. During Covid, critics had to walk on eggshells in fear of being banned and demoniterized if they dared uttered something deemed as misinformation such as suggesting Covid originated from a leak from a Chinese lab, or the ineffectiveness of cloth masks, or question if it was wise for children to be vaccinated. Musk seemingly will open up the discussion much more which scares the hell out of those who want to gatekeep information.
massraider
Footballguy
The fake Tesla account that announced they were sending 10,000 vehicles to the Ukraine because they were the "most advanced explosive devices on the market" was kinda hilarious.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
And it's affecting their stock price. re: Eli Lilly
the moops
Footballguy
That is funny
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Capella
Footballguy
How does this keep getting funnier
massraider
Footballguy
These platformer.news people (never heard of them) have a direct pipeline to current and former Twitter people. They have beaten every news org to the punch.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
It absolutely was not happening like this because one needed a check to pull it off and they were difficult to get
ChiefD
Footballguy
With all due respect is there any way we can keep government and politics out of this thread? For guys like me this thread has had a great amount of information regarding Musk buying twitter.Contention? It is a statement of fact. Twitter, Facebook, and Google colluded with government agencies on what misinformation needs to be censored. There is a large segment that believes speech needs to be controlled. Speech is violence.Am I understanding correctly that the contention is that people want to see Twitter now fail so these types of discussions can't be posted on it?Probably akin to bringing up Fauci. Positive nature its ok, negative its political.Seriously someone explain this one to me or don’t perhaps that is verbotenHating on Musk or complaining about the changes doesn't seem all that political to me
Well Fauci is a good example. There was one side who believes only the official government narrative should be discussed, while the other side believes the official narrative should be open to criticism. During Covid, critics had to walk on eggshells in fear of being banned and demoniterized if they dared uttered something deemed as misinformation such as suggesting Covid originated from a leak from a Chinese lab, or the ineffectiveness of cloth masks, or question if it was wise for children to be vaccinated. Musk seemingly will open up the discussion much more which scares the hell out of those who want to gatekeep information.
And the analysis of it.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Probably should have waiting a bit before just rolling stuff out incomplete and piecemeal.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Its a pretty spectacular story. Hoping for a Michael Lewis book/movie in 4 years.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
The worst is that now half of my feed is just people dunking on Musk or retweeting these fake accounts instead of posting news/opinions/updates that I want to see. Sad.
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