• Unaffiliated_User@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Twitter successfully sold itself to a private investment firm for over market value. That’s the dream for tech startups and never-made-a-profit digital services.

    Anyone still using Twitter is an addict or a boomer, but that’s exactly the audience that Musk wanted to purchase.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The only reason twitter was popular is because you could check it for information. Towns and organizations would post updates there, it drove traffic, eyeballs, ads and revenue. This is the dumbest thing ever, even if he wanted to promote nazi ideology, it’s idiotic because your only preaching to the choir. You cannot convert people when you drive them all away, so even if it wasn’t about money, it’s dumb.