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"Beyond Musk's oft-repeated rants about free speech may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44bn he paid for the site."

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm convinced he's doing everything to burn it to the ground put it in bankruptcy as fast as possible.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you think thats his end goal, a tax write off?

[–] mp3@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That, and to have more power to fundamentally alter it.

[–] rhymeswithjazz@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe burn it to the ground and then relaunch after a complete rebuild around what he wants.

[–] MadScientist@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

why not just make a separate platform then. he doesn't get the legitamacy, established name or running infrastructure of twitter if he reboots it. best he'd get is the accounts, but if none of those are logged into again what are they good for?