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Taylor Swift on her way to bed (missuo.ru)

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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/elon-musk-twitter-battle-bird-18663113.php

The Tesla CEO’s hyperfocus on acquiring the San Francisco-based social media giant intensified after Parag Agrawal, its former CEO, rejected Musk’s request to block an account run by 21-year-old Jack Sweeney that used publicly available data to track Musk’s private jet.

“The billionaire started buying Twitter shares shortly after Agrawal denied his request,” according to an excerpt from “Battle for the Bird” by Bloomberg reporter Kurt Wagner. The book suggests that Musk’s motivation to ban the jet-tracking account was the primary driver behind the $44 billion purchase in November 2022, which left many industry analysts perplexed.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Couldn’t Sweeney just post on a different service?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Sure does

I will say, the 45th President “just posts on a different service” too - nobody sees it, really.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wait does that mean he’s still posting on X? Musk didn’t ban him?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Guess the delay was enough to escape further wrath!

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The @elonjet@mastodon.social account is more or less real time, right? It doesn't have the delay?

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

No, he definitely bought it because he was forced to after trying to fuck witt it by making claims.

[-] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Nah. He just tried some good ol fashion market manipulation by saying he would by Twitter in public. And since he had a non-significant amount of shares he was basically forced into the deal or being caught red handed doing illegal stuff openly. Plain old greed + stupidity.