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X is officially worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/news@lemmy.world
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A year after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk thinks the company is now worth $19 billion, a 55 percent drop.

Let's recap what he did to Twitter, I will go first:

  • Changed the original name Twitter to X.
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[–] 69 points 2 years ago (1 child)

A lot of journalists, politicians and influencers are really reluctant to let it go. I guess those are the ones still keeping it somewhat afloat.

It should be more publicly shamed if you keep being a part of his insanity.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's because no other social media platform currently meets their requirements. Other platforms either functions significantly different from twitter or it lacks the reach that a politician needs in order for it to be worth their time.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    “Worth their time” ? Copy\paste the text into Mastodon. Post Done

    I can empathize with the reluctance to completely jump ship but it costs nothing (both money and time) to cross post to another platform.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Last time I was on mastodon during one of the many twitter migrations there was a long post saying that people should hold of on auto-blocking people that don't caption the images they post because new user haven't learned the cultural rules of mastodon. Is that a thing? I don't know, could be a particular part of mastodon, I don't know. Point is that serious public figures have been trained to be careful when adopting new social media.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is their job to gain attention, yes. Did you think all those journalists and politicians where hobbyists or something?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they know how to do their jobs better than us. That is why we are talking about them and they are not talking about us.

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