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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 119 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That’s not as much as I would’ve hoped

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

Don't forget how recently he really started driving away the advertisers and how close we are to the end of the year. I see it as a very hopeful start.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

75 bucks is the minimum though. It could be like... 37 billion.

[–] mihies@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago

X is already worth less than half of buying price. And this is income loss, not net worth. Which will eventually lead to the later or if not to bankruptcy.

[–] stifle867@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't think Twitter ever even had ad revenue that high right?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

5 trillion then.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

$75m in 5 weeks. That’s a run rate of $780m per year. That is not a small chunk of revenue.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Don't worry, the company is now worth less than half of what he paid for it and his Tesla stocks are hemorrhaging value too 🙂