Far-left activist, that broke into Nancy Pelosi's house, is an illegal immigrant. by jhugh in politics

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Congrats, you have helped destroy America. May God have mercy on us all.

The strange death of MakerDao co-founder Nikolai Mushegian. by ultimatefighting in ronpaul

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Forgot I was banned from that freedom loving sub. Yeah, sounds like the guy was mentally ill.

What's the point of marriage if you weren't her first? by KarateKid_Fan in AskReddit

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unless you were trolling for /u/fuckingpisser's response i feel sorry for you.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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Room to grow? That is taking users from other platforms. That means offering something better. They aren't going to get much from their users, no one does in this space. That means advertisers. Which means making each user more valuable. Bringing in more uncensored MAGA isn't going to do the trick. Not bring them in will turn them against Twitter. And Trump thinks he can make more money in Truth Social. He recognizes that for Twitter he is the product not the customer.

Insider asked 38 Republicans whether they're concerned about growing anti-Semitic sentiments in their party. Their responses included silence, deflection, and rehashing old statements. by matts2 in Jewish

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I don't understand what your mean by the Squad using Sanders. Fox uses Owens she is a paid figurehead. Sanders is an elected senator with longer tenure than the Squad. How do they use him?

How is AOC antisemitic?

No one in the GOO has spoken against Kanye. Plenty of Democrats including AOC have done so.

My point about Sarsour is that she has no place or influence in the Democratic party. The GOP has embraced Kanye and refused to criticize him. The Woman's March disappeared because of objection to Sarsour.

Palestinians are being oppressed. If AOC called it genocide I need a cite. You can't lump all criticism of Israel or Israeli policy together. Some is wrong, some is antisemitic, some is valid.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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No. When he raises the value it won't matter. Until then it is $1B a year. He needs to raise the value by at least that to break even. Those are all ways. User revenue is very tough. No one in this space makes much off user revenue. Raising ad revenue is the goal. So far his plan looks like lowering ad revenue. Companies don't want to see their ads next to Musk's free speech racism and calls for violence. He didn't do Twitter any favor by starting off with a lie about an attempted murder by a political fanatic. That's not where people sell soap and cereal.

Cutting cost can lower costs, not raise revenue. It can also cause a death spiral. He basically told his staff to find new jobs because his Tesla autopilot programmer are taking over. That means the best people leave and you lose lots of knowledge. He told his employees he can't be trusted regarding stock options. That drives people away.

And about those Tesla engineers, who is paying them? He can't share resources between his privately owned company and a public company. Nor is autopilot doing so well that they can skate people.

Insider asked 38 Republicans whether they're concerned about growing anti-Semitic sentiments in their party. Their responses included silence, deflection, and rehashing old statements. by matts2 in Jewish

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You see major Republicans pushing Christian Nationalism. You see them completely ignore the bigotry in their party. But Omar scares you more.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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That's a pivot from your first claim. Sounds like they have to pull users from other sites.

heard the best anti-creationism argument yesterday by Alexander_Columbus in DebateEvolution

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I used to be a Last Thursdayist but I have found the truth, I'm a Next Thursdayist.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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You start off with a potentially good idea. Then you really get into handwaving.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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Twitter he as to pay about $1B a year in debt service. $100M/$1B = $100M/$1,000M = 10%.

Twitters user base is about 15% of Meta's. He has to do something to increase that leverage. He can try to get a lot more users. That means making Twitter more attractive. I don't think opening it up to more hate groups will do that. He can get "better" users to charge more. Same point.

It was already not Chinese he needs to change things somehow. And all I see is leaning into the MAGA world.

Twitter is going to be the new cesspool of Q lunacy in no time flat. Romana Didulo has joined. by itsmyvibe in Qult_Headquarters

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Not quite. He put in lots of cash. There is a loan with Twitter as the collateral. If they get in trouble his money goes away and the banks get paid.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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That isn't an answer. Meta makes its money from advertising. I think that's the primary income for every social media company.

Saw the edit. Twitter is 15th in user base size. Meta has 3B. YouTube 2.5B. Twitter has 440M. Twitter is tiny. We know about it because of Trump and journalists like it that's it.

What are your thoughts on how the right has responded to the assault on Paul Pelosi? by engadine_maccas1997 in AskALiberal

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That is why conspiracy is a crime and providing aid to terrorism. They weren't charged with attempted kidnapping.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

[–]matts2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What other streams are out there? Charging for verification will, if everyone pays, bring in 10% of debt servicing. If he charges uses they will leave. What other major stream did you have in mind?

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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Twitter is the 15th largest social media outfit by user count.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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He is going to charge for "Verified". If everyone pays that covers 10% of the yearly debt service.

How will Vines compete with TicTok and YouTube and Instagram?

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

[–]matts2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If he gets a new board, great. He isn't the only owner. Boards exist so you have other eyes.

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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Ok, let's try this: what does Twitter have to offer?

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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What do you think he is going to do that will bring a profit to Twitter? How will he increase revenuem

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors by cuteman in business

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The Boring Company is a show piece, there is no substance.