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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by lapcat on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:09AM (#33122397)
> 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.

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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by verdverm on Friday October 07, 2022 @12:42PM (#33123719)
You called it an investment, it is not an investment, it is an acquisition.

It was not 100% obvious what you were implying, obviously

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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by lapcat on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:01PM (#33124011)
> 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

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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by verdverm on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:09PM (#33124115)
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Be kind. Don't be snarky.

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I see you've edited it now to be more clear

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