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submitted 2 years ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Musk’s repeated outbursts against advertisers have dried up the main source of revenue for the loss-making company formerly known as Twitter. A recent decision to sue them for heeding his own advice to not buy ads on the platform hasn’t helped. At some point, he will have to provide a fresh infusion of cash to salvage his $44 billion takeover.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Is this why he’s kissing trump’s ass? Does he think the orange sandwich has the ability to help him if orange shit stain becomes president?

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[-] glaber@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Let's all buy it from him and just set it to redirect to joinmastodon.org

[-] aloeTGL@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Does anyone remember when musk said he’d buy twitter just so he could delete it?

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago
[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

How close is this market manipulation?

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

The Venn Diagram is a circle. If billionaires were held accountable it'd be a problem for him. But it's not

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

why would anybody save twitter

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[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 10 points 2 years ago

He's so close...sell everything, buy a private island. Retire in style, never be heard from again. Bliss for him and everyone.

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Rich guys and private islands... I'm sure nothing bad has ever come of that.

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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Anything short of Elon Musk distancing himself as far from Tesla as possible is breaking his fidicuary duty.

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