Ask HN: What happened to Twitter poison pill?

Re:Ask HN: What happened to Twitter poison pill? by bigiain on Monday April 25, 2022 @07:08PM (#31162023)

> As a 'consumer' - I want a good service and cheap (i.e. free) with no ads.

And I want world peace, people to start using their turn signals, and a pony.

We can want whatever we like. Doesn’t mean the world is going to, or even capable of delivering it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What happened to Twitter poison pill? by jollybean on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:09AM (#31164496)

I agree, but that's besides the point.

There is value on the table, Musk is going to try to take some away, probably in a zero-sum way.

Musk could very well jam Twitter full of ads, making it sheite for us, but more money for him.

Nobody should want that but literally a single person: Elon Musk. Everyone else, who uses Twitter, should be against it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What happened to Twitter poison pill? by smabie on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:20AM (#31164893)

Why do you think Elon is more likely to make the product worse than the current management?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What happened to Twitter poison pill? by jollybean on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:19AM (#31165172)

Twitter can make a lot more money 'right now' by focusing a lot more on ads.

Changing a few features here and there otherwise, will not somehow magically engender a ton more users.

So the 'low hanging fruit' for investors to 'unlock value' is really about ads.

More ads generally makes the product worse for users.

[ Parent | on HN ]