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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by strangesmells02 on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:50PM (#38076416)
He didn't pay 44 billion for Twitter.

He paid 44 billion to restore free speech.

I think his cause is more noble than sheer capitalism

Edit: down vote and hate all you want... mark my words .. Elon is going to go down in history as a visionary, a hero and a champion of free speech.

a bunch of angry ex-twitter employees on hacker news is not an accurate representation of reality

Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by wldlyinaccurate on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:54PM (#38076464)
Weird that in the process of "restoring free speech", Musk permabanned dozens of journalists who had ever been critical of his companies.
Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by ipqk on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:52PM (#38076451)
TIL free speech was dead in 2022.
Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by kalupa on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:52PM (#38076453)
lol, you can't be serious ...
Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by SketchySeaBeast on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:56PM (#38076489)
I think they are, which really speaks to the information asymmetry people face in their various circles.
Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by the_gastropod on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:55PM (#38076477)
I hope this is sarcasm. In the case that it is not: Musk's entire complaint was about Twitter acquiescing to government's content moderation requests. Since he took over, Twitter has complied with more government content moderation requests than before his arrival.

On top of that, he's very clearly just picking and choosing which accounts to treat with "FREE SPEECH!" (these tend to be far-right wing figures), and who to ban (these tend to be journalists who cover Musk)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/tw...