this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
1079 points (95.4% liked)

Technology

59454 readers
5073 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] net00@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought elon was supposed to be smart

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what X is valuing itself at, not what it's worth. We'll get a better sense of what it's worth when it goes back on the market or goes bankrupt, whichever happens first. Right now I have a hard time imagining anyone would pay that much for it. For context Snapchat, which has had a lot more success with advertising lately, is worth about $16 billion.

[–] netwren@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this just part of the playbook for him to not have to pay taxes by saying he lost all his money??

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what is the tech angle here?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

A job creator at work. What an impressive sight.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I am so happy for that🥰

[–] tacotroubles@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If it keeps trajectory ill be able to afford the whole of twitter

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Is that before or after you factor in the $13 billion debt it took on to buy itself on Musk's behalf?

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Works hard to forward his companies like X which lost billions in value cos of his stupidity? Where's his Hyperloop? I wouldn't buy a Tesla if it were the only car in existence. I'm even tired of his name.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

sound investment

[–] burliman@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Musk have a short position we don’t know about?

[–] kale@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

He took it private so, although there can be shares, they aren't traded on the open market. So no positions to short.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›