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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)

submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
Musk's personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how claiming he bought Twitter to try and shut up a teenager does anyting to help his reputation.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It re-enforces the idea that he is a "genius" who is playing "4D Chess" and that he "has a plan" and not that he's a fucking drug addled freak who is making decisions based on his emotional state at the time.

There was no plan, there's never a plan. Rich people just play this game where, because they have enough money to insulate themselves from their bad decisions, they pretend that "this was always their plan."

Pretty much Musk:

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago

Anyone who thinks spending 44 billion dollars on shutting up a teenager constitutes a "genius plan" is already fully on-board the Musk cult. I don't think there's really much reinforcement happening.

I agree we shouldn't pretend he's anything less than a dumb asshole who got caught with his pants down.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It re-enforces the idea that he is a "genius" who is playing "4D Chess" and that he "has a plan"

No, it does not. It makes him look like a kid without any kind of self control (which he probably is anyway)

And it does that on a platform where it reaches hundreds of people! :D

So just calm down, no one cares

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Man child.

[–] Swuden@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I dunno man. A teenager baiting a billionaire into spending a significant amount of his fortune to shut him up sounds like the most successful troll in history to me.