billionaire hedge fund manager proposes buying and shutting down Bluesky to stop it

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund manager …….(((edit to remove DEM donor, b/c he
supports Trump)))

. He proposes buying and shutting down Bluesky to “prevent further fracturing of the town square.”


https://digbysblog.net/2024/11/20/still-more-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/


Thus the same billionaire who posted FAKE crap……….


On October 19, Axios considered America’s gullibility crisis and found Ackman there:

Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire with 1.4 million followers on X, obsessively promoted allegations from an ABC News “whistleblower” that the network had given Harris questions in advance of her debate with Trump. On Wednesday, more than a month later, Ackman admitted it was “fake.”

[obamanut2012]

1. He is not a Democrat, he is 100% MAGAt now

[awesomerwb1]

3. Exactly right. He's MAGA now

[LiberalArkie]

30. Like a Dixiecrat..... Maybe a MagaCrat?

[awesomerwb1]

2. Yeah, how about $400 Billion mfer

[lame54]

4. A term you will no longer hear...

Cancel culture

[eShirl]

5. or buy xitter and shut that down

[wryter2000]

6. Why not make a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago?

Or maybe he should buy X/Twitter and shut it down first. Idiot.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. It doesn't fucking keep people together.

It marginalizes entire sections of society. And it is so bad that society continues to crumble.

We may not lift a finger to hurt you, but we won't lift a finger to help you when your house gets hit by lightening and it burns down.

These people are horrible narcissists.

[W_HAMILTON]

8. He's a big Democratic donor is the same way Donald Trump once was as well.

Ackman endorsed Trump and has been openly anti-Democratic for quite some time now.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. EVERYTHING is gone...how is that nose holding vintage 2016 working out for you folks now?

[blogslug]

10. That account got shut down and was probably a fake

I'm sorry Digby fell for it

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

14. Should I just delete this then?

I only went by Digby,,,

But since this billionaire has posted FAKE anti-Harris crap before,
That he ADMITTED to.

[blogslug]

16. That's up to you

Bluesky is seeing an influx imposter accounts and maga trolls these last few days - and that's on top of record-high signups. Actually, at this moment the site looks to be down, likely because of traffic overload.

[spooky3]

26. It's back up. Nt

[JohnSJ]

11. Fuck bill Ackman. He voted for trump in 2016 and 2024. He is a maga asshole

[Autumn]

12. Go buy X you can get it cheap . Then go fuck yourself

[Freethinker65]

13. Then someone will come up with another name, logo, and site.

None of this would have happened if Twitter had been left alone. Musk is to blame for Bluesky's rise in popularity.

Take idiot Ackman's money and start another comparable site and members will follow to the new site.

[RAB910]

15. The Democrats lost a powerful ally over Israel

While I have my opinions on the conflict and Israel's behavior, I was always mindful it was a terrible no-win situation for Democrats and the Democratic party

[ck4829]

19. How?

If the only way to keep him as an ally was to say "MAIN! BURN! KILL!" when it came to Palestinians, then nobody sane was going to keep him around.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

20. Over my entire lifetime I used to stay away from conflicts in !middle East, specifically Israel

It just always seemed so hopeless,,,
That no matter what,, the terrible conflict would continue.on and on.

Had great hopes with Sadat-Begin, Camp David Accords,,,,
But even that ignored Palestinians,,, interjected Jordon Hussein
without Hussein, thus pissed off the other “Arab league”

Then of course,,, Sadat assassinated by his own troops during parade.

Now Israel has a fanatical leader who cares little about human rights,
Doesn’t care about slaughter of 10s of thousands of women and children.

Israel government is ethnic cleansing Gaza,
Starving entire population AND Biden goes along with it

MADNESS

[Gore1FL]

17. Sell it and start another.

We can keep doing this until the Billionaires run out of money.

[chowder66]

18. I recommend self-deleting. The bluesky account is fake.

If we are going to get out of this propaganda, lie fest.... everyone needs to do better.
Basically Digby fell for a fake account and it is now posted here on Democratic Underground.
Will Digby post an article that they promoted a fake post? Doubt it.


From the Digby article this all comes from;
On October 19, Axios considered America’s gullibility crisis and found Ackman there:

Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire with 1.4 million followers on X, obsessively promoted allegations from an ABC News “whistleblower” that the network had given Harris questions in advance of her debate with Trump. On Wednesday, more than a month later, Ackman admitted it was “fake.”


I am in no way advocating for Ackman. I don't really know anything about the guy.

[Passages]

21. There is no such thing as a good billionaire.

Doesn't exist.


Remember, Warren Buffet would not endorse Harris, and he is supposedly a "good" one.

[onenote]

22. There are more billionaires out there than you realize. And a bunch of them supported Harris

directly or indirectly.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/11/04/billionaires-backing-trump-harris-2024/75936100007/

[Passages]

25. I'll repeat, there is no such thing as a good billionaire.

You don't want them to like you.

[progressoid]

28. I've never understood the worship of him.

In a documentary he basically admitted he didn't really have a moral compass. He was just accumulating money for the sake of accumulating money. His first wife was the one who convinced him to do something with it.

Thankfully, he seems to be on our side. Granted he doesn't seem to want to do anything to jeopardize his image, but he has donated to a lot of socially left leaning causes.

[Passages]

31. Well said, thank you.

[oldmanlynn]

23. That's why we are in a dangerous time

Where the people who have the most money are going to control everything else.

[multigraincracker]

24. Is it for sale?

That makes me wonder.

[DownriverDem]

27. This is why

liberal billionaires need to step up.

[Joinfortmill]

29. We have a billionaire problem

[PedroXimenez]

32. fuck Ackman, but that post might be fake

🤬 CORRECTION: Today I shared what looked like a Bluesky post from outspoken billionaire Bill Ackman claiming to want that app shut down. Now, the account that posted it is suspended. Ackman’s verified X account didn’t have the post. So I got this wrong. Sorry, y’all. I’m gonna hush now.🤬

[KS Toronado]

33. If we really wanted to "prevent further fracturing of the town square."

we should be looking at ways to shut down FQX and all it's offspring.

[rubbersole]

34. These rw money managers will do anything to stop dissent.

They have Fort Knox and certainly don't want to give it up now. Expect all liberal platforms to be purchased and eliminated. SOP.

[JR11]

35. It's in the water

Wealth beyond reason (where too much is never enough) is inherently corrupt. There's no two ways about it.