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submitted 11 months ago by BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”... eeer, no.

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

You think he's aware of Lemmy? What do you think he thinks about us if so?

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
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