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[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can't wait when he lays off another 50% of whatever the company remains, his fanbase will go nuts for it and say he's a business genius.

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[–] soulifix@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Guys! Guys! Don't you get it? He's "Winning"! /s

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Acid@startrek.website 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Colour me surprised that Mr Musk and lowering moderating standards would lower advertising revenue.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

I am mostly surprised that he actually admits worse numbers

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~~due to ~50% drop in advertising…~~ because I'm not very good at this. ftfyE.

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[–] febra@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good. Twitter is a cess pit.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Lol. "Negative cash flow."

You're broke. You're f*cking BROKE.

[–] arensb@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

But he's not. He'll be fine. He'll always be fine.

It's hard to comprehend just how vastly, mind-bogglingly rich the ultra rich are, so consider: according to Wikipedia, Musk's net worth in July 2023 was about $239 billion. That means that he could lose 99% of everything he owns, and then lose 99% of what was left, and be left with over $20 million, more money than most of us will see in a lifetime.

He's not going to be applying for EBT any time soon. Hell, he's not going to be selling off the spare Lamborghini any time soon.

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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it's even worse than he's describing, but at the same time, it's not like we didn't expect it. The platform has seen a colossal influx of bigots, and all kinds of completely unhinged people, because Elon has clearly shown that he's okay with them posting what they want

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[–] ampeha@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Welp that happens when all your changes have been questionable at best Musk...

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

Idgaf Elon.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

The way he talks is so fucking stupid. He's trying so hard to be a "tech bro". You'd think money would give someone some amount of self confidence, but clearly not.

[–] MortyMcFry@aussie.zone 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh it’s from Elon’s mouth. Don’t believe it, he’s trying to short twitter still

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure he can't do that since it's not publicly traded anymore

[–] Stealth_Bummer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Bye Twitter, you will not be missed.

[–] Bdi89@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's impressive how quickly and severely he fucked up what was once a successful tech giant!

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I disagree. Twitter was already going under even before he took over. In fact, it was doomed from the beginning as one of the uber era "grow valuation, think about revenue later", hoping to exit someday by selling it to some rich megalomaniac, and actually, they're the ones who succeeded.

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[–] Llamajockey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Luxury? What luxury, twitter is just a feed of memes, short remarks and porn What feature could they possibly have held back???

[–] eazel7@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The other thing, Threads, just came out. I guess they offered promos.

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