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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by rufusroflpunch on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:36PM (#31047752)
Elon has run several companies immensely more successful than Twitter. He also planned to address some glaring issues on the platform. There is almost no question he would have been better than current management, which is destroying their platform.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by bawolff on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:40PM (#31047784)
The companies he run do very different things. I dont think there is any garuntee his success will transfer domains.

But it would certainly be interesting to watch.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by jgalt212 on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:40PM (#31047786)
> Elon has run several companies immensely more successful than Twitter.

Like all things, it depends how you count. The problem I see vis a vis Twitter is it's private company and a public utility at the same time.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by RickJWagner on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:46PM (#31047831)
I don't think it's run like a public utility. Twitter takes stances that might seem 'centrist' in politically blue areas, but seem biased in red areas.

Personally, I think Musk would run it more fairly.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by dm319 on Saturday April 16, 2022 @08:41AM (#31051829)
Yes it doesn't fall for the false centre ground.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by LegitShady on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:47PM (#31047855)
Twitter is very clearly not a public utility by any means
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by jgalt212 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:05PM (#31139956)
Yes, you can read a dictionary. That being said, many people consider Twitter to be a public square. so, de jure vs de facto.
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