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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by pbreit on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:37PM (#31048280)
An L for Twitter inc, perhaps. OP did not say shareholders would win their lawsuits. Elon obviously has zero interest in a financial return. It's clear he genuinely believes Twitter could be better, especially around free speech.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by kixiQu on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:45PM (#31048345)
If you lose a bunch of money and don't change the "free speech" policy of a website, isn't it still an L?
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by pbreit on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:55PM (#31048428)
He's already won by spotlighting Twitter's poor record.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by saghm on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:50PM (#31048881)
I haven't seen anyone convinced one way or another based on these recent events that wasn't already; in other words, this offer changed no one's opinion. If pointing out that you think there's an issue to other people who already believe that issue exists is a win, then sure, he's already won.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by garbagetime on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:15PM (#31048602)
What's his loss going to be? Like, $500,000,000? I doubt the money matters that much to him.
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