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Is the destruction of Twitter and Reddit a conspiracy or am I just paranoid? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had this feeling that since there are forces that do not want us to have free speech, and that the destruction of Reddit and Twitter does this effectively, creating a chilling effect, destroying social links and communities. Might it not be an intentional effort to stifle the ability of the downtrodden to organize and fight the power?

There are so many other ways things are engineered to benefit the minority and prevent the majority from gaining power, why not this too?

Just a thought rattling around in my head.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spez is trying to tie up what he thinks are loose financial ends to make (what he thinks) is an appealing IPO.

Elon is feeling the pinch as Twitter continues to bleed advertising partners and users and it becomes more apparent it will not make back either his purchase cost or Twitter's existing debt. He's the spoiled son of a rich mine boss and has no idea what he is doing. He is used to having far more capable people running his companies for him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mine went bankrupt in '89, just a few years after Errol bought shares in it. The boss was someone else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*fall guy

Businesses do not become unprofitable in two years, they were always shells and someone sold it to a pansy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mines can absolutely become suddenly unprofitable. You don't know how much good stuff is in the ground until you dig it up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen people shoot gold into the walls of a mine to make it look like there's something left in there. Only those new to the industry would fall for it.

There are absolutely ways to find out the likelihood of how much is left. They're either patsies or idiots who didn't listen to their geologists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Somehow I don't think Errol Musk knew that much about the geology. Allegedly he bought the shares on a whim without first visiting the mine, which was in a different country.