> only a small handful have deactivated their accounts

This is a bad metric. Twitter takes the dubious position that it's a good idea to allow usernames to be re-registered when people delete their accounts (this one can't be blamed on naughty ol' Mr Car; it's a _vintage_ design flaw). So deleting your account, particularly if you're prominent, is a bad idea as it allows for impersonation.

A better metric would have been how many accounts went silent, but they don't seem to have done that one.

Elon Musk is never going to be able to buy twitter

oh wait maybe he got the deal, but he'll never pay for it, the whole thing is just a stunt

oh wait maybe he got the deal, but he's so stupid, he'll never be able to pay for it, but he'll be force to buy it anyway, bankrupting him in the process!

oh wait I guess he just bought twitter. well it's going to fall apart immediately next week now that he fired everyone who kept the lights on!

etc. etc.

Nice fanfic, but no one ever said he wasn't able, just that he was not willing. I think this is pretty clear by the fact that he tried to wiggle out of it and had to be forced by the court. No one was ever doubting that he didn't have the money to buy twitter, just that he wasn't stupid enough to go through with something so dumb just because he got triggered.

nah, people did say that. there was a lot of hyperbole. what's important is whether there were folks who who said all those things, and as to whether they were worth paying attention to their opinion in the first place.

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