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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 3 months ago (1 children)

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 14 points 3 months ago

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

[–] aloeTGL@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How close is this market manipulation?

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Oh nooo 😂

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

why would anybody save twitter

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

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

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago
[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

If teitter went away tomorrow......wed all get on with our lives.

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