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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by TMWNN on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:43PM (#24032750)
More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest. No way Congress or the administration would condone any of the companies whose CEOs testified on Capitol Hill this week buying TikTok.
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by marc__1 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:51PM (#24032793)
Technically Microsoft owned 1.6% shares before Facebook's IPO, and last information I could get it had sold 20% of the proceeds post-IPO in 2012, so they are somewhat involved in social media.

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-offloads-20-percent-...

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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by flycaliguy on Sunday August 02, 2020 @08:29PM (#24032987)
Yeah, you're right. That investment means they are somewhat involved in social media.
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by justaguy88 on Monday August 03, 2020 @12:58AM (#24034352)
At 1% (minus 20% of that too) it's basically meaningless
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by kshacker on Sunday August 02, 2020 @08:13PM (#24032908)
Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github), we got you covered.
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by dragonwriter on Sunday August 02, 2020 @08:17PM (#24032923)
> Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github),

Or work (LinkedIn)

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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by JacKTrocinskI on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:37AM (#24035722)
Or talk (Skype)
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by dragonwriter on Sunday August 02, 2020 @08:04PM (#24032856)
> More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest

Probably not, no matter how you prioritize the two prongs of that, and no matter which construction of war chest size you take, since Alphabet and Apple both less social media involvement (though Alphabet has tried in the past to have more) and more cash on hand, while both Apple and Amazon have less social media involvement and greater market cap.

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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by viztor on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:11AM (#24035231)
Apple just don't do those things. It will be extremely unusual.
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by azurezyq on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:09AM (#24034398)
Don't forget YouTube, which is also "social media".
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by tdhoot on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:45PM (#24032767)
Amazon and Apple don't really have a social media presence either.
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Re:Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok pur... by shalmanese on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:54AM (#24035822)
Amazon has Twitch
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