Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Jay Rosen wonders: What is Driving Musk at Twitter?

Jay Rosen wonders why Musk appears to be destroying Twitter. This is a snapshot of some of the replies.


Here are a few responses to his Tweet...

  • Push Twitter into bankruptcy so the debt can be restructured to his (Musk's) benefit.
  • That's what "wreak havoc, buy the debt" means.
  • Ah, thanks, my slow brain didn't connect! 🙄
  • He's lost $500 billion in Tesla stock decline - Tesla stock value was based on Musk's business genius reputation.  Nothing that happens at Twitter can conceivably make up for that.
  • When the Bean Counters (old school term) took over the publishing/online content house where I worked, all they did was lay people off. First an entire division, then several big sweeps.
  • We, the Walking Dead, kept waiting for the new vision. It never came. Biz was sold in pieces.
  • What works on Tesla suppliers doesn’t work on advertisers
  • The politics of sh*tposting worked for Trump, so why not him and why not in business? (of course, the politics of sh*tposting worked for Trump until it didn't)
  • I don’t know but I have thought about it quite a bit since he took control. It doesn’t appear as planned as his fans claim. The tell is how much staff was cut, claiming some weren’t supposed to be fired, trying to bring others back. He’s impulsive & reactionary, not thought out.
  • It’s likely a combination of several of those plus a couple we can’t see.
  • I’m going with all of the above.

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