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Apr 27, 2022 12:42 PM
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For me, I’m not sure how to feel about Elon Musk buying Twitter, but the meme videos I’ve seen about it are hilarious.

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Apr 27, 2022 1:09 PM
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he bought Twitter for 40 billion dollars then end up losing 120 billion dollars stock value on Tesla so he ends up losing 160+ billion dollars overall, what a waste of money if he wants his own social media he should have just made one from scratch
Apr 27, 2022 1:54 PM
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If that person's goal was to prove money is a joke, he succeeded.
Apr 27, 2022 1:57 PM
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Wait and see. Things can't be worse on Twitter so that's that. The question is how big of a change this will make
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Apr 27, 2022 2:01 PM
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I just find it hilarious how many people are cowardly enough to delete their accounts just because he wants to establish some more free speech.
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Apr 27, 2022 2:38 PM
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Apr 27, 2022 2:44 PM
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Twitter is such a disgusting garbage heap of a website Elon would be best to have left it alone. The recent dip in Tesla Stock is proof enough of that.
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Apr 27, 2022 2:52 PM
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The dude is an advocate for free speech so my thoughts are positive. I don't really care though since I don't use Twitter that much other than to find ecchi artists :3

Also it's so freaking hilarious how there are a ton of retards "threatening" to "leave Twitter" (there's even a hashtag and it's trending LOL). Like that's going to do anything! LMAO XD
Apr 27, 2022 2:58 PM
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Advocating for free speech. Yeah no. Don't expect free speech from someone like him, lol. A person who silenced a journalist who had the slightest criticism of his company is advocating for free speech is just plain ludicrous to anyone. Besides his worshippers, people don't give a damn and only clown on him for wasting the money that's generated from the lower class in this capitalist society.

A self-proclaimed millionaire is full of insecurities and he knows it.




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Apr 27, 2022 2:59 PM

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As someone who is constantly using twitter every day I hope everything goes well in the future.
But I'm no expert so I don't really know what changes to expect.
Apr 27, 2022 3:20 PM
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Advocating for free speech. Yeah no. Don't expect free speech from someone like him, lol. A person who silenced a journalist who had the slightest criticism of his company is advocating for free speech is just plain ludicrous to anyone. Besides his worshippers, people don't give a damn and only clown on him for wasting the money that's generated from the lower class in this capitalist society.

A self-proclaimed millionaire is full of insecurities and he knows it.


Pure free speech has never been maintained for long and will never be because it's a paradox. As soon as speech is 100% free, authoritarians (usually left wing authoritarians) use free speech to gain power, at which point they heavily regulate speech. (Of course, leftists would say the same about right wing authoritarians, although in reality the auth-right is much less censorious than the left.) Anyway, each side pretends to care about pure free speech when they need it to gain power.

The goal has never been free speech. The actual goal is opening the window of free exchange as wide as possible while stopping just short enough to exclude those who would use this freedom to shrink the window of protected speech.

Elon Musk could be the worst man in the world, but because he's a free agent, he'll still do a better job at broadening the window of free expression than twitter's politically motivated former management, who thought it was acceptable to ban a hugely popular mainstream political candidate in the middle of an election. And who thought it was acceptable to bury stories about Biden's crackhead son and his laptop.

Anyone who thinks this is bad news is afraid of speech. Full stop.
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Apr 27, 2022 3:55 PM

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It's a private company with public stocks anyone should be allowed to purchase, so of course it's fine.


That said, Elon Musk is incorrect that he's supporting free speech by doing this. Free speech is about protection from government censorship. A guest in your house doesn't have a right to say anything they want there without being removed. If Musky boy wants to open up his own house to people doing that, it's fine. But it's no obligation.
Apr 27, 2022 3:58 PM

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I can't wait for the supposed flood of "nazis" I kept hearing about.

Sadly reality is going to be less interesting because it is just switching owners between one billionaire pedophile techno satanist to another.



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Apr 27, 2022 3:59 PM
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Giving me good Elon musk memes so I'm eating good rn
Apr 27, 2022 4:01 PM
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Never used Twitter before, don’t plan on using it in the future. I probably won’t have any idea what changes he implements unless I learn of it here or through the media, I guess.
Apr 27, 2022 4:02 PM
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I don't use Twitter... it won't really have much effect on what I'm doing.
Apr 27, 2022 4:35 PM

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Man will do whatever to continue to be in people's conversation. I'm happy to not think about him much.
Apr 27, 2022 4:38 PM

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I bought a loaf of bread earlier. What are your thoughts?
Apr 27, 2022 9:09 PM

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It's funny that the far left treats it as the end of Twitter, the only thing that will end is their reign of terror (and maybe some of the bad anime takes such as labeling adult anime chicks as children will end).


Apr 27, 2022 9:27 PM
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I can't wait for the supposed flood of "nazis" I kept hearing about.

Sadly reality is going to be less interesting because it is just switching owners between one billionaire pedophile techno satanist to another.
People constantly say online places are overran with extremism which they never visited, which really aren't.

I visited 8chan regularly, as well as freenet from time to time and despite many sources claiming it was “overrun” with extremism and child pornography, it was mostly rather tame with extreme content maybe having a slightly higher voice than at other places but nothing one could not eaisly avoid.
Apr 27, 2022 9:28 PM

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ITT everyone loves a guy who runs slave labor camps in East Turkistan because some SJWs are OWNED EPIC STYLE.

To be honest though China is the last bastion of Free Speech on the Internet because you can say ANYTHING you want on Chinese Internet as long as you don't talk about certain things. China allowed that Christchurch shooting video to be online when everyone in the West tried to ban it.
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Apr 28, 2022 12:34 AM

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Don't care either way. Have zero interest in Twitter, with or without Musk. I somewhat expect it to become far more of a shitshow though.

LoliAnchorman said:
ITT everyone loves a guy who runs slave labor camps in East Turkistan because some SJWs are OWNED EPIC STYLE.

To be honest though China is the last bastion of Free Speech on the Internet because you can say ANYTHING you want on Chinese Internet as long as you don't talk about certain things. China allowed that Christchurch shooting video to be online when everyone in the West tried to ban it.

If you can't talk about "certain things" that kinda negates the thing about them being able to say "anything". That's like calling a restaurant an "all you can eat buffet" and then handing out a list of foods you aren't allowed to touch in there.
Apr 28, 2022 2:25 AM

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Wow, the biggest social media has just been transferred from one billionaire to another one! This is so big and shocker.

Probably not a lot gonna change to be fair. Biggest case would've probably be me being able to shit on people with Ukraine flag username/bio more freely, while the downside is that I might get more flak from people who's LGBTphobic. But moderation is probably gonna be still the same as usual twitter.

Also curious how liberals making it so big when Musk taking over twitter, but not when Bezos taking over Washington Post.
Apr 28, 2022 2:37 AM

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Illuminatli said:
he wants to establish some more free speech.

Billionaires and free speech are like water and oil. If you believe he just wants free speech you are incredibly naive.
Apr 28, 2022 2:51 AM
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Idk, we'll have to see how much of an influence it will actually have on the platform and its surroundings but so far I couldn't care less


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Apr 28, 2022 4:27 AM

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Scud said:
I bought a loaf of bread earlier. What are your thoughts?

Was it a baguette ?

Sure hope it was a baguette.
Apr 28, 2022 4:43 AM

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I like a lot of stuff he does, but I've seen seen some flaws. So I'm no fanboy.
That said, if, IF, he lives up to the more Free Speech thing, that only for the better.

The memes and the Reee'ing from the SJW leftards are hilarious. It's exactly like when they moved to Canada because Trump won (They didn't).

I don't have twitter, and I'm not likely to get it either. I'll wait and see. For now there's Gab.
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Apr 28, 2022 8:30 AM

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Hmm, let us see... Allow any conspiracy idiocy and unban orange man?

Maybe he should send a huge Twitter billboard to space that would prove to be a more useful waste of money.
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Apr 28, 2022 8:35 AM

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Apr 28, 2022 8:37 AM

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My life doesn't revolve around Twitter, so it shouldn't affect me going forward, at least I hope not!
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Apr 28, 2022 9:02 AM
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that he should be more frugal with money
Apr 28, 2022 10:55 AM
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Could go either way. I hope it changes for the better.
Apr 28, 2022 11:04 AM

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Fate_Saber88 said:
Hmm, let us see... Allow any conspiracy idiocy and unban orange man?

Maybe he should send a huge Twitter billboard to space that would prove to be a more useful waste of money.


Any dissent = "conspiracy theories".

Good to see free speech winning.
Apr 28, 2022 12:42 PM

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You know what ?

Actually, now that it'll get invaded by "free speech" people, I may give twitter a shot with my SJW-leftist-retard bullshit.

Too tempting for my contrarian dementia ;)

Wait for me autist people, here I come !

Edit :

Fuck



He got me

Am capitalist now

It's over comrades, Elon's too stronk
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Apr 28, 2022 12:47 PM

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Something's wrong with the guy, look up the rules he has for the women that date him.
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Apr 28, 2022 12:56 PM

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I don't use twitter, facebook is better anyways
Apr 28, 2022 4:02 PM

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I hope Elon gets out of his grumpy divorced dad phase well without destroying twitter.
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Apr 28, 2022 4:28 PM

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he bought Twitter for 40 billion dollars then end up losing 120 billion dollars stock value on Tesla so he ends up losing 160+ billion dollars overall, what a waste of money if he wants his own social media he should have just made one from scratch

As far as I could tell, when it comes into preserving the freedom of speech and freedom of expression, I believe he was willing to die on such hill as Twitter to buy it, because in some sense, Twitter is influential on any/every level. Instead of building a rival platform to Twitter, he took a shortcut. Buying Twitter to preserve freedom as much possible as he could. Let all hell break loose, and whatever gonna happen, humanity must prepare to accept it and roll with it.

I don’t care if someone is racist, religion-hater. More power to them. Just be ready that you’re gonna be debunked if debunking is possible if you made a statement. Whatever the statement you made.

Take the MSNBC reporter, Joy Reid for example. She goes over the top when it comes to Elon Musk after he bought Twitter. She suggested that Elon is so questionable and so suspicious if he really wanna preserve freedom.
Apr 29, 2022 2:08 AM

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It's not gonna change shit and anyone who thinks it is needs to touch grass.
Take care of yourself

Apr 29, 2022 3:33 AM

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It's not gonna change shit and anyone who thinks it is needs to touch grass.

I strongly disagree with this.

The reason is simple :

Apr 29, 2022 4:25 AM
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What a legend.

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Apr 29, 2022 4:31 AM

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No comment. I don't think anything will change, but hopefully it does, and for the better...
Apr 29, 2022 4:59 AM

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I'm confused by Gab supporting this. Doesn't this mean they are out of business?
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Apr 29, 2022 11:54 AM
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Don't care. Twitter is trash, just like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

Also, he is an egomaniac and a clout-chaser. He loves the Gen Z and Millennial attention.

The only good thing that might come out of this is a potential edit button on Twitter.

Elon is quite possibly the biggest fraud in recent memory, who has managed to get a PR team with geniuses. He has a devoted loser fanbase, who think he is the bee's knees. When you actually look into his life, you realize that he was set from day one. Dude was born with a golden spoon. His family had multiple connections. This man got lucky during the Dot.com boom. And he hires smart people, who then leave out of frustration, or who end up getting fired. Literally every success story that you have heard about involves Elon using smart people like tools before discarding them and taking all the credit. Tesla was not his company, and neither was PayPal. Far smarter people than him where involved in each of "his" companies before getting kicked out. Dude hogs all the credit for other people's work.
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Advocating for free speech. Yeah no. Don't expect free speech from someone like him, lol. A person who silenced a journalist who had the slightest criticism of his company is advocating for free speech is just plain ludicrous to anyone. Besides his worshippers, people don't give a damn and only clown on him for wasting the money that's generated from the lower class in this capitalist society.

A self-proclaimed millionaire is full of insecurities and he knows it.


I fux with your thoughts. Similar wavelength. Dude is just another privileged douchebag, who needs validation. He is evil af. No such thing as a nice billionaire. All cut corners. All brutal af. Thieves.
Apr 29, 2022 12:11 PM

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he bought Twitter for 40 billion dollars then end up losing 120 billion dollars stock value on Tesla so he ends up losing 160+ billion dollars overall, what a waste of money if he wants his own social media he should have just made one from scratch


Do remember that the entire US economy has fallen this quarter. If it happens in the next quarter as well, we would officially be in a recession. Everything from S&P 500 to Dow Jones have shrunk in value. Investors are skeptical and many are withdrawing from all companies. And Tesla is an overvalued stock. In conclusion Tesla stock was gonna fall anyway, maybe by a lesser margin, but its not a surprise for people following the stock market. Now on top of that he acquires Twitter, which has not been a great cash cow even in good times. So if anything, Elon Musk has made a bold bet. Lets see if it pays off in the future.

PS: In my opinion Twitter will be a profitable company in the future and he will make significant changes. Elon Musk is the current generation Warren Buffett i.e. There was a saying in Wall St: 'Buffett's name attracts money". Similarly Musk's association itself attracts money. Even shit like dogecoin got buyers because of him. His persona and influence is a big boost for Twitter.
Apr 29, 2022 12:27 PM
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Apr 29, 2022 12:30 PM

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I don't use twitter so it shouldn't affect me too much
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idk, i'm not really sure how to feel about it
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Musk is said to have close ties to the CPP. He certainly does not want to anger China for obvious reasons.
For the most part, twitter will probably not change substantially, but with pressure from Xi, it may start to crack down on anyone who speaks against the Chinese government, or posts anything the CPP finds offensive (edit: this also includes anime drawings - google Genshin Impact censored skins for examples)
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