Musk says a 50% drop in ad revenue for Twitter is causing negative cash flow::Elon Musk says that Twitter’s cash flow is still in the red due to a 50% drop in advertising revenue.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Musk didn’t buy Twitter to make a profit.

    He bought Twitter to control the conversation.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Musk didn’t buy Twitter to control the conversation, he bought it because his ego was too massive to just shut the fuck up for a minute and admit it was a stupid idea.

      He tried to pull out after he came to the same realization literally everyone had been shouting at him for months but was legally in too deep.

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        1 year ago

        It’s an ego thing. he wanted to be cool. Like Myspace tom.

        keep in mind that even at what he paid for it, it’s still not a loss he’s going to really feel. It’s the difference between his grandkids having their own G280 vs them having their own G800 gulfstream.

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          1 year ago

          He wanted to pretend to be interested long enough to read Amber Heards DMs and then back out. He didn’t count on Twitter wanting to sell.

      • loutr@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I like the theory that he only wanted a reason to sell a large amount of Tesla shares without causing a panic sell.