News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by SkyMarshal on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:35AM (#33502931)
Yeah I'm thinking the same. Even without the screwups, it's an unbelievable waste of $44billion dollars. He could have invested that in a nuclear fusion startup or something else that would advance his dual goals of clean energy and a multi-planet species (and almost certainly make better ROI than Twitter). Instead through a series of bizarre misteps he spends that on a useless vanity project that will distract him from his important companies, and then proceeds to fuck it up in just about every conceivable way. Like, dude...
Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by captainmuon on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:41AM (#33502981)
Well, see it this way, the old owners of Twitter now have all that money. Maybe they'll invest in something interesting? The only difference is that it won't be controlled by an unstable Elon Musk.

(TBH I'm not even sure who the previous owners were...)

Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by bitecode on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:53AM (#33503099)
It was publicly traded, with Vanguard, Morgan Stanley and Black Rock owning the largest holdings.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/28/who-owned-twitter-before-elon...

Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by SkyMarshal on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:01AM (#33506654)
I'm sure they'll do something valuable with it after they finish buying back their own shares, issuing new subprime debt securities, and propping up the CCP.
Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by eeiopo on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:57AM (#33503133)
> that would advance his dual goals of clean energy and a multi-planet species

From what I've observed over the years, his real goal is to receive attention from as many people as possible. I doubt his sincerity on his stated goals, this is most likely just self-marketing bullshittery.

Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by lm28469 on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:18AM (#33503933)
> his dual goals of clean energy and a multi-planet species

People still believe in that ?

Re:Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back by SkyMarshal on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:58AM (#33506598)
Based on his actual track record (and not solely on what he says), yes. Why wouldn't we?