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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by andreygrehov on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:44PM (#36689522)
That was a sarcasm. I should have stated that he doesn't care as much as other companies. Elon, being the richest person on the planet, is uniquely positioned and has a competitive advantage. He can risk losing ad revenue to achieve his goals - minimize censorship and create a super-app.
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by nativeit on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:15PM (#36689694)
Is he still the richest twat in the pot? I would have thought his liabilities would have taken their toll on his net worth. Hair plugs can get pricey.
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by andreygrehov on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:44PM (#36689877)
Yes. Elon is still the richest person on the planet. If you thought otherwise, you might want to reconsider your understanding of how wealth is both preserved and accumulated ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by croes on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:39AM (#36690816)
> how wealth is both preserved and accumulated

By shifting your debts on the company you bought with that debt, so other people take the risks of his failures.

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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by andreygrehov on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:19AM (#36694936)
Honestly, it sounds like you are cheering and rooting for him to fail with Twitter.
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by croes on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:40AM (#36690823)
Easy to say if you are not the target, especially from a guy who called others pedo guy
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by andreygrehov on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:05AM (#36695622)
Yes. It's easy because I'm not attacking Elon, so he's not attacking me.
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by renewedrebecca on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:21PM (#36699318)
The man that literally censors views he doesn't like.
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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by cma on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:17PM (#36717854)
"Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried owning a social media company"

https://i.redd.it/6m0sgmktewab1.jpg

Yeah, sounds super focused on free speech.

And Threads censored from Twitter search and before that Mastodon?

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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by andreygrehov on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:35PM (#36740700)
> And Threads censored from Twitter search

Where did you get that conspiracy theory from?

To verify your information, I did a search on Twitter with the keyword threads. The search returned thousands of tweets. In fact, the very first tweet is a WSJ article describing how Threads may kill Twitter soon. Further, I searched for the hashtag #threads. The search returned all the tweets hashtagged with #threads.

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