So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

It will be interesting to see what Musk does when he finally kills Twitter in the coming days and weeks where will he then go after losing his biggest public social media self promotion tool where will he have access to post nonsense and memes daily that show he is the smartest man in the history of the world to his fanboys and the rest of th world and it media.

Will me move to Facebook/Meta/Instagram/Pintrest/Tumblr/ maybe however I doubt they will work the same way he likes spout his 140 charcater nonsese.

Maybe Tiktok and he can make videos instead of using words and memes that could be fun actually seeing him breaking down while doing a shuffle dance.

I guess he could go where the other big self important megalomania who like to spew nonsense went where he would have the freedom of speech he wants Truth Social. The Donald would gladly sell him Truth Social I suspect for a lot less than $44B.

Out of curiosity, has he actually unbanned anyone?

From what I can see so far:

- he paid more than he should have

- he has banned some users (as someone who was expected to champion free speech, this raises questions)

- he has made a total mess of the verification system (paying for a better level of service isn't necessarily a bad idea but don't mess with the original system, bring in a new one to complement it and make it more atttactive)

- he has lost advertisers because of the uncertainty about how he's running things (of course he got it out there that this is because of activist pressure - is activist what we're calling investors these days?)

- he seems to have sacked large numbers without much thought and is now threatening the remaining workers if they don't go into overdrive to solve a problem of his own making (which would not inspire confidence in any workplace)

- he's also causing the Tesla stock price to go down (I imagine Tesla investors who don't give a crap about Twitter are rightly pissed off that his outside antics are affecting their investments)

Did I miss anything?

If his goal was to destroy Twitter all along, that's fine. It's his company, he can do what he likes. However, it should be a concern for several reasons.

First, for the people who are working for Twitter and people who are interested in decent working conditions. Of course, in a takeover, there'll be a change in workplace culture but isn't this done over time? Not with a wrecking ball and no plan. We shouldn't be championing the actions of someone who's enforcing exhaustive working conditions and threatening termination for those who don't sign up to the master plan.

Secondly, it actually raises concerns for free speech. If someone has enough money, can they just repeat what Musk has done? There's a media compamy saying things they don't like? Simple: pay over the odds for the company and then deliberately crash it into the ground. Problem solved. It will also make media companies think twice about what they're doing. It used to be that media companies just had to worry about being sued but this could be showing a way for other billionaires to stiffle criticism.

He's going more fringe which is why that fringe are suddenly leaping to adopt him and defend him. If he flipped the other way, they'd turn on him like a pack of dogs, putting him in their Clinton/Soros/whatever conspiracies.

All that political nonsense aside, he's just become more of a twat.

Colin McGregor used to be highly popular as well, some people just turn into egotistical twats.

Don’t think Musk has $44 billion to piss away like that. He had to borrow to pay for it.

Smear? Hilarious, no one needs to smear him, he’s doing that all by himself.

Lol Racist killer🤔 yeah you obviously know nothing about that case😂

Brilliant.