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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by jonas21 on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:05PM (#31047041)
As a Netflix shareholder at the time they adopted their poison pill, I feel like the subsequent ~40x increase in share price has been very much in my interest. :-)

Of course hindsight is 20/20, but even at the time, it seemed like the company was prioritizing long-term growth, whereas if they were taken over by Carl Icahn, they'd certainly not be.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by dahdum on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:04PM (#31048513)
Twitter definitely isn’t Netflix. It’s been a dog since IPO, languished under a part time disinterested CEO, and only peaked because of the pandemic meme stock era.

As an individual and index shareholder I’d love for Musk to take it away at a premium, I have zero faith management will do anything positive.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by hadlock on Saturday April 16, 2022 @01:33AM (#31049782)
Strong agree, Twitter hasn't grown their user base more than 10% since 2015, they might be making more revenue per user but annual revenue is likely ready to plateau if it hasn't already. Getting a premium on your stock is a good option if you can get it and a natural outcome of investing.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by oldmandutch on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:04PM (#31048011)
Netflix had a product to sell, not just a crowd.
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