> It's not $44B that twitter will have available and can spend. Most (all?) will go to current investors to buy their stocks at a set price, which is where the $44B comes from
Why did you feel the need to mention this 100% obvious fact?
Of course I meant that the new owners wouldn't shut down something they just spent $44 billion on, thereby throwing their investment in the trash, not that Twitter would magically get a $44 billion operating cash infusion.
You called it an investment, it is not an investment, it is an acquisition.
It was not 100% obvious what you were implying, obviously
> You called it an investment, it is not an investment, it is an acquisition.
Okthanksbye.
> It was not 100% obvious what you were implying, obviously
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
It's probably more about how much the new owners will want to drop into it and how long before it moves to x.com (?) and becomes an everything app