Elon Musk and Twitter Reach Deal for Sale (Update: WSJ report details Musk’s relationship with Putin) (1 Viewer)

[SaintForLife]

Elon Musk struck a deal on Monday to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, in a victory by the world’s richest man to take over the influential social network frequented by world leaders, celebrities and cultural trendsetters.

Twitter agreed to sell itself to Mr. Musk for $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the company’s share price this month before he revealed he was the firm’s single largest shareholder. It would be the largest deal to take a company private — something Mr. Musk has said he will do with Twitter — in at least two decades, according to data compiled by Dealogic.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Mr. Musk said in a statement announcing the deal. “Twitter has tremendous potential — I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”

The deal, which has been unanimously approved by Twitter’s board, is expected to close this year, subject to a vote of Twitter shareholders and certain regulatory approvals.

The blockbuster agreement caps what had seemed an improbable attempt by the famously mercurial Mr. Musk, 50, to buy the social media company — and immediately raises questions about what he will do with the platform and how his actions will affect online speech globally.

Elon Musk and Twitter Reach Deal for Sale

Twitter agreed to be taken over at $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the share price before it was revealed that Mr. Musk had been buying up the company’s stock.

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If Musk does what he claims he wants to do it will be a big improvement and good for free speech.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

F-word as in the word used to describe a cigarette in England?

yes. you do realize that the word can be used as a slur and can be very derogatory, right?

 

[el caliente]

yes. you do realize that the word can be used as a slur and can be very derogatory, right?

I do realize that. Words can mean different things in different places. What’s offensive in one place might not be offense in another. So like you, I wonder if using that word will cause a ban on Twitter, or if they will let it go.

 

[MT15]

I do realize that. Words can mean different things in different places. What’s offensive in one place might not be offense in another. So like you, I wonder if using that word will cause a ban on Twitter, or if they will let it go.

From what I have seen since Musk took over I doubt that word would cause a ban. I’ve seen and reported worse, only to be told the post didn’t violate any rules. The really weird thing is that Musk would take a neutral science term and decide it’s a slur.

His rules are very one-sided and his transparency is nil. The opposite of what he talked about doing.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

I do realize that. Words can mean different things in different places. What’s offensive in one place might not be offense in another. So like you, I wonder if using that word will cause a ban on Twitter, or if they will let it go.

do you think he'll allow CIS to be used if its different coxtext? He's the one who Tweeted a vauge rule.,

 

[el caliente]

do you think he'll allow CIS to be used if its different coxtext? He's the one who Tweeted a vauge rule.,

Who am I (or any of us) to predict what he does. That man is a riddle wrapped in an enigma.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

Just out of curiosity, are words like f-word about gays (that can't be used in this forum) and other words like that considered slurs on Twitter?

We're gonna find out. I saw a tweet that was just "cis cisgender" over and over, and someone responded with a tweet using the F word over and over, saying it was fun. I reported it.

 

[el caliente]

 

[MT15]

So, he made that up in his own mind so he can claim victimhood from the big bad trans bully?

 

[el caliente]

So, he made that up in his own mind so he can claim victimhood from the big bad trans bully?

I think that he was making a joke, at least I hope he was, because how are you going to allow someone to recognize you as something that you don’t recognize?

 

[MT15]

I think that he was making a joke, at least I hope he was, because how are you going to allow someone to recognize you as something that you don’t recognize?

I suppose, but I don’t think anyone is insisting that people have to go by the term “cis” so to me his joke seems to be more of a way to belittle trans people than anything else.

 

[el caliente]

I suppose, but I don’t think anyone is insisting that people have to go by the term “cis” so to me his joke seems to be more of a way to belittle trans people than anything else.

Perhaps. Let’s revisit this Tweet in 10 years.

 

[MT15]

Perhaps. Let’s revisit this Tweet in 10 years.

We need an eye roll emoji, lol.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Perhaps. Let’s revisit this Tweet in 10 years.

What do you think might or will happen in 10 years?

 

[MT15]

Okay, I think everyone will think this is hilarious. See we can all agree on something:

 

[MT15]

 

[el caliente]

We need an eye roll emoji, lol.

What do you think might or will happen in 10 years?

Don’t get hung up on the 10 year part (I could have said 5 years, 15 years, or 11 years). Did either of you watch the movie 21 Jump Street (if you didn’t, don’t worry, you aren’t missing out)?

The first day that Jonah Hill and Channing Tatums characters go undercover Tatum is calling people at school names that were perhaps acceptable when he was in HS, but are now no longer acceptable. The groups that were cool now were not the same groups that were cool then?

Heck, you have both seen it in your life I am sure. The world keeps changing, and what was once socially acceptable before, is no longer acceptable.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

So, he made that up in his own mind so he can claim victimhood from the big bad trans bully?

His entire tweet is ridiculous. Whether he recognizes the term cis or not, he is cis. His lack of understanding is due to his own ignorance.

 

[Optimus Prime]