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What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not just them hedge funds are in on it. Anyone with money to lose has chipped in a few billion to the cause

[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You can make money off of stocks dropping. It's called shorting an option.