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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by gnicholas on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:21PM (#31048155)
> For instance, he’ll stop Tweeting, which should have a measurable impact on the number of people actually using Twitter regularly.

There are that many people whose engagement depends entirely upon whether Elon Musk is actively tweeting? I don't use Twitter much, but that seems pretty amazing if true.

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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by burnished on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:39PM (#31048296)
You might be imagining the wrong model, its not the people that'll leave if Elon Musk does, but the entire cesspool around repackaging hot takes and reactions to his actions and tweets goes away too. I have a feeling its a lot of content that would dry up.
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