Endgame now is to kill off Twitter (and grassroots public forums in general) then replace them with right wing alternatives. Musk’s old friend Peter Thiel failed with Parler, with Twitter out the way they have a much stronger chance.
Meanwhile, as Twitter crashes and burns, they can experiment with ludicrous ideas. Most of them will fail, but anything they get away with becomes a template for whatever comes next.
Like I say, that wasn’t the plan all along - most likely he just wanted to manipulate the stock price and make a bit of profit - but that’s what this has turned into.
What do you think is the endgame here? Im so lost with regard to this whole storyline
There is no endgame plan. He is a fucking idiot that got rich on accident.
He got super-wealthy accidentally. He got rich because his father is rich.
Endgame now is to kill off Twitter (and grassroots public forums in general) then replace them with right wing alternatives. Musk’s old friend Peter Thiel failed with Parler, with Twitter out the way they have a much stronger chance.
Meanwhile, as Twitter crashes and burns, they can experiment with ludicrous ideas. Most of them will fail, but anything they get away with becomes a template for whatever comes next.
Like I say, that wasn’t the plan all along - most likely he just wanted to manipulate the stock price and make a bit of profit - but that’s what this has turned into.
You think he’s aware of Lemmy? What do you think he thinks about us if so?
No idea really, but I think he generally dismisses the platform as a non-threat. Which is good, I don’t want him anywhere near it.
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