Musk’s repeated outbursts against advertisers have dried up the main source of revenue for the loss-making company formerly known as Twitter. A recent decision to sue them for heeding his own advice to not buy ads on the platform hasn’t helped. At some point, he will have to provide a fresh infusion of cash to salvage his $44 billion takeover.

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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or maybe he'll just have to sell Twitter.

Or maybe Twitter's debtors can place a lien and sell it right out from under him.

Kinda curious about what if Twitter were nationalized...? Like, make it a service of the USPS or something? Force it to become accountable to its users?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    The only issue with nationalizing it is that it will be probably even worse for moderation than under Elon. Private enterprises currently enjoy protection for moderation decisions. If it were nationalized any moderator action would run up against the First Amendment directly. Elon could ban Nazis (he doesn't but he could). A government controlled entity cannot.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well they sure couldn't break it any worse than Elon did.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you want your taxes to be spent on Xitter development and support?

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