I agree, this seems like a distraction for him, and probably more ego driven than anything. Although much of his success has been through being a public figure on Twitter, maybe he sees it as investing in his image.

> it is likely consume a ridiculous amount of talent

He has indicated that he'll fire most of the employees[1]. In practice, I think he'll move the talent pool whose job is to optimize ad delivery at Twitter to Tesla/SpaceX/OpenAI etc... and make Twitter paid for by the users, not by the advertisers [2].

[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1512974273606045702?ref_...

[2] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1512964005060657156?s=21...

It sounds like twitter would be paid for by blue checkmarks, rather than by every user, which is a significant difference.

That's your burden of "proof" that Elon has indicated he'd fire most employees?

I don't know if it's a "burden" (please learn what "burden of proof" means and where and how to use it)... but yes, that tweet is an indication of his intent.

Now that's proof of intent?

Your logic seems to be that if someone imagines a crime occurring that they've actually committed that crime?

Here's the thing. That phrase "burden of proof" is used by those building fake authority to build up an audience and sell pseudointellectual content to their userbase... the likes of Sam Harris, Scott Adams, Neil d. Tyson etc. are known to do that and it seems to be used in those crowds. It seems like a great phrase when they seem to use it when talking to people they already agree with and make other people look silly (video title: "Sam Harris owns X") and it may be a hit in that crowd where the audience is clueless about it... but if you take it outside, people will point out to you that it's silly.

In forums like this, when it comes to new things, people are trying to make sense of what is happening by sharing their opinions and what they are basing them on... in hopes of getting either supporting or opposing views and letting that collective opinion sharing guide themselves and others into what might really be happening. We're not defending out scientific paper nor are we building up fake authority to scam people.

So, essentially, the mother of all acquihires?

It's not like he's going to take current SpaceX or Tesla employees and put them to work fixing Twitter.

You definitely have a point. SpaceX and Tesla were also near death in 2008.

I feel like there are only so many moonshots you can pull off before you get a Waterloo as you said.

I don't really follow Musk, what has he accomplished?

Leader in Space and Leader in EVs to start with.