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Linda Ed

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40. Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to "try to help humanity".

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 10:56 PM

Oct 2022

Twitter generated $4.5 billion from advertising and $570 million from data licensing. While Twitter generated $5 billion in total revenues, it lost 221 million. In April 2022

I would imagine that if Trump is put back on twitter people will leave since he puts most of his energy to violence and lies..JMHO

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Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 OP

TWITTERS STOCK WILL CRASH reymega life Oct 2022 #1

No it won't. He is taking the company private. JohnSJ Oct 2022 #4

no such thing as twitter stock anymore moonshinegnomie Oct 2022 #6

I advised my very elderly father to buy Twitter stock DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #52

He took it private Rebl2 Oct 2022 #64

Oh good,... tRUMPie will soon be back spreading his bile once again. magicarpet Oct 2022 #2

EM has a bile issue PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #54

Here's to 44 Billion turning into 4 Billion in short order. bullimiami Oct 2022 #3

I hope that they end up being glad they were fired Sanity Claws Oct 2022 #5

Likely so Rebl2 Oct 2022 #8

When executives get "fired" Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #16

I would have resigned if not fired. Gore1FL Oct 2022 #28

200 millions catsudon Oct 2022 #70

What a shock he fired top Rebl2 Oct 2022 #7

Pretty typical during corporate takeovers, mergers, and acquisitions. DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2022 #11

I should have Rebl2 Oct 2022 #13

just type :sarcasm: Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #33

oh, the sarcasm thingy can come in handy orleans Oct 2022 #35

What stock? Shrek Oct 2022 #30

Understand that there Rebl2 Oct 2022 #31

CEO , CFO and Head of Legal Policy Trust and Safety fired ? dweller Oct 2022 #9

That cartoon is absolute perfection groundloop Oct 2022 #17

I'm guessing by tomorrow morning Bettie Oct 2022 #34

And Alex Jones The Grand Illuminist Oct 2022 #36

how much longer before the orange pumpkin will show up. AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #10

Elliminating witnesses to future crimes sanatanadharma Oct 2022 #12

Hoping techie Dems will immediately launch a new platform. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #14

And, Backed by Lost of $$$$ who love Cha Oct 2022 #18

Maybe check out Ananda62 Oct 2022 #39

👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #49

Twitter, we ha'dly knew ye Montauk6 Oct 2022 #15

Raaaaaats mahina Oct 2022 #19

Oh but big tech...oh yeah purr-rat beauty Oct 2022 #20

We're they fired via a tweet, a la FF45? Blue Owl Oct 2022 #21

Twitter headed to the shitter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 #22

This is not unusual for these big time deals and those guys probably made a ton of money on the deal Renew Deal Oct 2022 #23

Just removed Twitter from all our devices. Jon King Oct 2022 #24

Are DUers going to stop posting tweets on here? IronLionZion Oct 2022 #25

Or maybe ask BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #29

Seems unlikely. Twitter will continue to have a huge user base that will keep people tied to it XorXor Oct 2022 #68

So...what should they call the new platform Grokenstein Oct 2022 #26

We can only hope Rebl2 Oct 2022 #32

Timing couldn't be much worse. Shit, shit, shit. Musk is just ugh! Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #27

they won't Skittles Oct 2022 #57

lol stonecutter357 Oct 2022 #37

Great news, really it is! PurgedVoter Oct 2022 #38

Musk will still win even if he lets Trump back on Twitter and it tanks it because then Musk will cstanleytech Oct 2022 #44

Pray tell how writing off business losses Disaffected Oct 2022 #48

Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to "try to help humanity". Linda Ed Oct 2022 #40

Any one remember what happened to MySpace after dobleremolque Oct 2022 #41

Media use and heavily rely on twitter...My Space?? LeftInTX Oct 2022 #43

Rich doesn't mean capable Roy Rolling Oct 2022 #42

Um, not so .... ificandream Oct 2022 #65

Taking what little OldkySoul Oct 2022 #45

The timing is perfect Picaro Oct 2022 #46

And so the MySpace-ification of Twitter begins. JHB Oct 2022 #47

The comparison is crazy LeftInTX Oct 2022 #50

So the "new and improved" Twitterverse is D.O.A. Musk has no clue at all how to actually improve it. Ford_Prefect Oct 2022 #51

He's only "imrpoving it" to please right wing fascists. Initech Oct 2022 #53

I suspect it will be total R-wing PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #55

Shall we set up a head of lettuce and see who lasts longer? IronLionZion Oct 2022 #60

I don't post on Twitter vlyons Oct 2022 #56

One more sign of the apocalypse. AngryOldDem Oct 2022 #58

Machiavellian The Wizard Oct 2022 #59

Maybe he will hire the orange idiot to run it. LiberalFighter Oct 2022 #61

No Democrat should ever buy a Tesla or any other product related to this power obsessed madman. honest.abe Oct 2022 #62

He says Rebl2 Oct 2022 #63

Musk needs to be jailed. clementine613 Oct 2022 #66

"Jailed"? Charged with breaking what law exactly? nt EX500rider Oct 2022 #74

'Golden parachutes' for 3 fired Twitter executives worth $122 million dalton99a Oct 2022 #67

Jack Dorsey and Bluesky CuzCaroline Oct 2022 #69

Blue sky is not an alternative to twitter! See: "the Musk - Dorsey connection" SheltieLover Oct 2022 #73

if Twitter llashram Oct 2022 #75

Saturday Night News: Musk fired the company's entire senior staff "for cause," an attempt to avoid mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #71

I expect the lawsuits to be flying now... BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #72