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In reply to the discussion: Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins [View all]LeftInTX
(34,006 posts)50. The comparison is crazy
No..not at all
I'm not a twitter fan, but twitter is essential for media. My Space? My kid had a My Space page.
Who in the media broke news over My Space??????
Also using twitter to chronicle your life the way My Space did just doesn't make sense....
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Pretty typical during corporate takeovers, mergers, and acquisitions.
DetroitLegalBeagle
Oct 2022
#11
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
Seems unlikely. Twitter will continue to have a huge user base that will keep people tied to it
XorXor
Oct 2022
#68
Musk will still win even if he lets Trump back on Twitter and it tanks it because then Musk will
cstanleytech
Oct 2022
#44
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
No Democrat should ever buy a Tesla or any other product related to this power obsessed madman.
honest.abe
Oct 2022
#62
Blue sky is not an alternative to twitter! See: "the Musk - Dorsey connection"
SheltieLover
Oct 2022
#73
Saturday Night News: Musk fired the company's entire senior staff "for cause," an attempt to avoid
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2022
#71