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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by lkxijlewlf on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:16AM (#30905751)
Twitter would die quickly if it goes private.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by personjerry on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:45AM (#30906565)
Why would that be? Perhaps you are conflating "privately owned" with "private social network"?
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by tayo42 on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:47AM (#30915662)
I'm pretty sure there would be a huge exodus of employees if their rsu disappeared.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by personjerry on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @06:57PM (#30938511)
That's not what happens when a company goes private
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by s1artibartfast on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:37AM (#30906492)
Why would it make a difference?
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by toomuchtodo on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:21AM (#30905785)
Hard to imagine they could do worse than becoming beholden to someone other than public shareholders at this point. It’s a utility, not a business.
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