Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to buy company

Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by s5300 on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:03PM (#31044323)

I wonder if Twitter would be in the right to deactivate musk’s account. They’re a company & he’s clearly trying to cause them harm. I see no reasons as to why it wouldn’t be justified. (Hilarious too, I might add.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by outsb on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:24PM (#31044619)

Because he's a near-10% shareholder and accounts like his are a major driver of new account growth. I wonder if this episode has impacted growth or engagement metrics any. Hard to imagine it hasn't

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by bombcar on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:04PM (#31044326)

They can certainly do it but it’s end Twitter as a going concern.

People like to pretend.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by ceejayoz on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:14PM (#31044478)

If suspending Trump didn't end Twitter, suspending Musk won't.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by darthnebula on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:30PM (#31044705)

Don't be too sure of that...

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by themitigating on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:46PM (#31044900)

Why?

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by themitigating on Friday April 15, 2022 @05:22PM (#31046006)

The parent offered no proof other than a cryptic statement

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by asguy on Friday April 15, 2022 @04:08PM (#31045169)

Because depending on how you look at it, Twitter suspending Trump (and Babylon Bee et cetera) was part of the motivation for Musk to buy Twitter in the first place.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by themitigating on Saturday April 16, 2022 @05:23PM (#31056212)

How do you know that was his motivation?

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by asguy on Sunday April 17, 2022 @12:48AM (#31058587)

Because Elon's been pushing the topic of Twitter and freedom of speech (or the lack thereof) for... a quite a while now.

He even ran the (now famous) poll: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507259709224632344

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by s5300 on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:37PM (#31047289)

I don’t think Elon has or ever has had any affinity for Trump. He left his advisor (or something of that nature) spot in the administration quite early on for a reason.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by asguy on Sunday April 17, 2022 @12:50AM (#31058601)

I don't think he cares specifically about Trump, but I do think he cares about Trump being banned from the platform.

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