Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • 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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  • clgoh@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    For perspective, $30 billion would afford the food and freight to feed every human on Earth for a year.

    Let that sink in.

      • clgoh@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        Funny how federation works. I deleted the comment almost immediately. And yet here we are.

        • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          i have found that deleting comment does not propagate to other instances nearly as well as deleting one…