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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by vanviegen on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:01PM (#33375942)
No, I don't subscribe to your cynicism. This is actually a reason some people choose a certain job:

5. For the greater good

Whether you think the 'reluctant billionaire owner' is in it for the greater good as well is not relevant.

Now, with regard to Twitter, I have little notion of what 'for the greater good' means. But I'm sure some people do.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by scarface74 on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:37PM (#33376594)
It’s not cynical. Do you actually believe any for profit company cares about “ideals”?
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by wewtyflakes on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:53PM (#33376846)
This might fit the bill, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation.
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by scarface74 on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:42PM (#33377663)
And most people who “believe in their company’s mission” aren’t working for one. Mostly it’s naive employees with statistically worthless “equity” in a startup who believed the founders Ted Talk hype.

Even if the founder sincerely believes that, once he takes VC money it doesn’t matter what he believes.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by vanviegen on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:47AM (#33403685)
Companies don't care. (Some) people working for those companies may, though.
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