[Beso]

His first tweet..

You are now my slaves, Parag has had his cheeky pinky.

[Alf]

[James]

So this is a done deal? Don't the shareholders have to agree to sell?

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

So this is a done deal? Don't the shareholders have to agree to sell?

They get Richer.

[Under the terms of the deal, shareholders will
receive $54.20 in cash for each share
of Twitter stock they own,
matching Musk's original offer and
marking a 38% premium over the stock price the
day before Musk revealed his stake in the company.]

[bots]

Originally Posted by James

So this is a done deal? Don't the shareholders have to agree to sell?

it still requires a shareholder vote and someone else could come in and offer more to shake it all up. However, twitter as we know it, will be gone in a few months

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

However, twitter as we know it, will be gone in a few months

What makes you think that?

[bots]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What makes you think that?

because it wasnt generating revenue. Musks twitter will bear no relation to how it is now. My guess is it will become like the wild west

[Cherie]

He says he will have a lighter touch whatever that means

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[Niamh.]

never use Twitter anyway, seems like it's already a cesspit

[James]

There are other social networks that are more successful in terms of user numbers and revenue, but Twitter is more influential.

Its influence is actually disproportional to its users.

Top 10 Social Media Platforms Compared
					Revenue		Launched	
1	Facebook		$86 billion		2004	
2	YouTube			$19.8 billion		2005	
3	Whatsapp		$5 billion		2009	
4	Instagram		$6.8 billion		2010	
5	TikTok			$35 billion		2016	
6	Snapchat		$911 million		2011	
7	Reddit			$212.5 million		2005	
8	Pinterest		$1,693 million		2010	
9	Twitter			$3.72 billion		2006	
10	LinkedIn		$8.05 billion		2003	



The Top 10 Social Media Apps by Monthly Active Users

1	Facebook	- 2.7 billion
2	YouTube		- 2 billion
3	Whatsapp	- 2 billion
4	Instagram	- 1.16 billion
5	TikTok		- 689 million
6	Snapchat	- 433 million
7	Reddit		- 430 million
8	Pinterest	- 416 million
9	Twitter		- 353 million
10	LinkedIn	- 310 million

From https://www.searchenginejournal.com/...a-sites/#close

I never realised Whatsapp was so popular.

[Niamh.]

Literally everyone I know has a family/friend Whatsapp group

[Vanessa]

I use Twitter sometimes.
I have some good friends there.
But I actually prefer Facebook.

[xigame]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Literally everyone I know has a family/friend Whatsapp group

Yeah I agree it is more convenient way to communicate...

[arista]

Originally Posted by xigame

Yeah I agree it is more convenient way to communicate...

A new poster

Have you been a poster on here, before now?

[bots]

meta owns 3 of the top 4 on that revenue list

[Alf]

What's Elon gonna find that they've been upto? Have they been working with governments? Have they been giving out people's personal details to governments and organisations? Have they been selectivly silencing people to control the narrative? Is that why they panicked about him taking over?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

What's Elon gonna find that they've been upto? Have they been working with governments? Have they been giving out people's personal details to governments and organisations? Have they been selectivly silencing people to control the narrative? Is that why they panicked about him taking over?

If any of that was true (government involvement) there would have been no sale Alf. Whichever governments were involved would have too much vested interest in it not changing hands. Surely.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If any of that was true (government involvement) there would have been no sale Alf. Whichever governments were involved would have too much vested interest in it not changing hands. Surely.

I don't agree. Our government can't even cover up a party they had. What chance have they got against Elon's money?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

I don't agree. Our government can't even cover up a party they had. What chance have they got against Elon's money?

If it was any government it would be the US government, not the UK government. $40 billion is chump-change to the US if it was to cover up anything significant... and they wouldn't even have to fork out that much to pay off enough Twitter shareholders to stop the purchase.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If it was any government it would be the US government, not the UK government. $40 billion is chump-change to the US if it was to cover up anything significant... and they wouldn't even have to fork out that much to pay off enough Twitter shareholders to stop the purchase.

40b is chump-change to Musk, but it's actually his chump-change whereas the Governments chump-change isn't actually theirs, it belongs to the people.

[bots]

i think twitter made some bad decisions without working through justifications and implications and left itself open to accusations of unfairness. Its quite possible that it was influenced by politics, but at the end of the day, that chapter is closing and a new one begins

Musk could easily drive it into the ground and the platform could be dead within a year

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think twitter made some bad decisions without working through justifications and implications and left itself open to accusations of unfairness. Its quite possible that it was influenced by politics, but at the end of the day, that chapter is closing and a new one begins

Musk could easily drive it into the ground and the platform could be dead within a year

Twitter has been utterly ridiculous in terms of "fairness" (people banned for fairly moderate opinions while serious cases of defamation... and actual child porn... stays up for months) however I don't think it's going to be any better under Musk. He'll allow more free opinion but will do nothing to crack down on actual threats of violence or illegal activity.