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Kennah

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18. A bonesaw will take the rest

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 18, 2022, 01:20 PM

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Twitter staff resign en masse [View all] Pete Ross Junior Nov 2022 OP

"Obviously getting them to resign en masse was part of the plan." brooklynite Nov 2022 #1

the people insisting this is 4D chess are way over thinking this. nt. Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #4

Man's ego is more fragile than a one-legged lamp Sympthsical Nov 2022 #19

No 4D chess, just a plunder operation ... Pete Ross Junior Nov 2022 #26

That's my take, too. It's incompetence combined with spooky3 Nov 2022 #6

I can't help but think that a lot of people will be turned off from considering buying a Tesl CentralMass Nov 2022 #10

Agree. Tesla's stock price is $178.50, down from spooky3 Nov 2022 #14

I feel embarrassed to drive one now lostnfound Nov 2022 #24

The three months severance is a good way to encourage resignations among those who need it gulliver Nov 2022 #37

no he is going to lose 30B. Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #2

A bonesaw will take the rest Kennah Nov 2022 #18

There is the physical assets and the stored information. n/t Pete Ross Junior Nov 2022 #23

Of course Aviation Pro Nov 2022 #3

except he can't as that is under a consent decree Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #5

When do silly rules stop motherfuckers? Aviation Pro Nov 2022 #7

Oh he can try to sell it but nobody with any sense is going to buy it. Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #13

only problem with that is the parts are far less valuable than the whole..... getagrip_already Nov 2022 #8

Bingo! You got it !! at140 Nov 2022 #11

Capture and kill lostnfound Nov 2022 #22

Hey Elon -- take this job and shove it Blue Owl Nov 2022 #9

I doubt that was the plan. Sounds more like he overplayed Thrill Nov 2022 #12

Twitter Assets? Picaro Nov 2022 #15

Well detailed data on large population is valuable but not $44 Billion profitable lostnfound Nov 2022 #21

Loot assets? Only assets are daily eyeballs. None daily? No assets. 10 pc of past rates? 10 pc value Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #16

The main asset is stored information. n/t Pete Ross Junior Nov 2022 #25

Nope. Stored preferences of the eyeballs rots and has little value after 6 months Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #28

There's no way that the gutted husk of twitter is worth the $44 billion he paid for it. Salviati Nov 2022 #17

My tin-foil hat conspiracy is that he is that they are hoping in some way to merge twitter.... TheRealNorth Nov 2022 #20

Maybe something else too? NowISeetheLight Nov 2022 #31

Oh.... NowISeetheLight Nov 2022 #32

I suspect that as well, but what an ass to take away what was appreciated by so many people lostnfound Nov 2022 #27

Twitter Finances NowISeetheLight Nov 2022 #29

What assets? Twitter as a media platform IS the asset. infullview Nov 2022 #30

he paid 44b for somehting probaly worth 1/2 that at best moonshinegnomie Nov 2022 #36

Or a corporation moves offshore, pink slips for American workers MagickMuffin Nov 2022 #33

I don't doubt that he could try to off-shore for about 1/20th of what he pays current staff infullview Nov 2022 #38

who had under a month in the time for musk to destroy twitter pool? moonshinegnomie Nov 2022 #34

Good for those resigning NowISeetheLight Nov 2022 #35