| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t) 14:14 - Nov 4 with 4190 views | norfsufblue |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 14:22 - Nov 4 with 3453 views | J2BLUE |
Stupidest rebrand since Weight Watchers became WW which they claimed didn't stand for anything and then had to change it to WW from Weight Watchers. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 14:40 - Nov 4 with 3430 views | BlueBadger |
Elon Musk is the Paul Lambert of billionaires.
An obvious fraud who is inexplicably popular with the easily conned. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 15:28 - Nov 4 with 3385 views | Ryorry |
Renamed after his primary interest in taX avoidance? |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 15:40 - Nov 4 with 3350 views | mutters |
Musk has owned the X.com for years since his PayPal days. He always wanted to use it and decided this was the right venture. No idea why he rebranded Twitter as it was a very well established brand but am sure he has an idea of what he wants to do with it long term. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 15:42 - Nov 4 with 3340 views | mutters |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 14:40 - Nov 4 by BlueBadger |
Elon Musk is the Paul Lambert of billionaires.
An obvious fraud who is inexplicably popular with the easily conned. |
I am not a Musk fanboy, but am curious as why you think he is a fraud? To describe him as the Paul Lambert of billionaires is ridiculous bearing in mind what he has done in his career. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 17:33 - Nov 4 with 3264 views | factual_blue |
I neither know nor care.
Elon Muck is one of many reasons why humanity deserves to destroy itself. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 19:25 - Nov 4 with 3222 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 14:40 - Nov 4 by BlueBadger |
Elon Musk is the Paul Lambert of billionaires.
An obvious fraud who is inexplicably popular with the easily conned. |
Indeed, although he likes to paint himself as a self-made entrepreneur, it always helps if you start out in an incredibly rich family.
He got Twitter relegated from the S&P (had to be sued by the sellers from trying to breach the sale contract). Also done by the SEC commission, meaning he’s an actual fraud. Tesla is just a big Ponzi scheme whose share price in no way reflects the losses they mostly make.
Oh and the first person to ever lose 100bn. He’s from the Donald Trump businessesman school of ‘how to make a huge fortune into a much smaller one’. |  | | |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 19:33 - Nov 4 with 3210 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 17:33 - Nov 4 by factual_blue |
I neither know nor care.
Elon Muck is one of many reasons why humanity deserves to destroy itself. |
Me neither. But unfortunately for us and the country as a whole, Sunak is creeping all over him and seems to value his council. No, I don’t get it either. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:41 - Nov 4 with 3180 views | GavTWTD |
I thought it was because he wants it to be more than a social network but shopping portal too, so the name reflects that. I think. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:48 - Nov 4 with 3168 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 19:25 - Nov 4 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Indeed, although he likes to paint himself as a self-made entrepreneur, it always helps if you start out in an incredibly rich family.
He got Twitter relegated from the S&P (had to be sued by the sellers from trying to breach the sale contract). Also done by the SEC commission, meaning he’s an actual fraud. Tesla is just a big Ponzi scheme whose share price in no way reflects the losses they mostly make.
Oh and the first person to ever lose 100bn. He’s from the Donald Trump businessesman school of ‘how to make a huge fortune into a much smaller one’. |
Also not nearly as bright or insightful as he makes out. See his Hyperloop nonsense. Worrying to see a British PM taking advice from him | | | |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:51 - Nov 4 with 3162 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:41 - Nov 4 by GavTWTD |
I thought it was because he wants it to be more than a social network but shopping portal too, so the name reflects that. I think. |
I assumed he was making a play for the rights to naughts and crosses.
It’s his ‘brand’ isn’t it, as in SpaceX. A really crap version of Apple coming up with the prefix ‘i-‘. Except he doesn’t have a range of products, it was a crap re-brand of a household name and using an amateurish logo, and it doesn’t work as a standalone name. I’ve no idea how he got where he is, as he seems clueless. [Post edited 4 Nov 2023 21:00]
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:54 - Nov 4 with 3157 views | mutters |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 19:25 - Nov 4 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Indeed, although he likes to paint himself as a self-made entrepreneur, it always helps if you start out in an incredibly rich family.
He got Twitter relegated from the S&P (had to be sued by the sellers from trying to breach the sale contract). Also done by the SEC commission, meaning he’s an actual fraud. Tesla is just a big Ponzi scheme whose share price in no way reflects the losses they mostly make.
Oh and the first person to ever lose 100bn. He’s from the Donald Trump businessesman school of ‘how to make a huge fortune into a much smaller one’. |
Surely now it's a private company it's automatically delisted from the S&P index as shares are no longer tradable?
Also whilst I agree the losses have been huge, Amazon was the same no? During mass expansion periods losses are often year on year before a profit is made? It took them nearly a decade before a profit was made. Tesla have been profitable for the few years, a lot of their losses were spent on expansion. Ponzi scheme it is not | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 09:16 - Nov 5 with 3009 views | Ryorry |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:54 - Nov 4 by mutters |
Surely now it's a private company it's automatically delisted from the S&P index as shares are no longer tradable?
Also whilst I agree the losses have been huge, Amazon was the same no? During mass expansion periods losses are often year on year before a profit is made? It took them nearly a decade before a profit was made. Tesla have been profitable for the few years, a lot of their losses were spent on expansion. Ponzi scheme it is not |
What a strange comparison- Musk’s takeover of Twitter and running it down into ‘X’ simply isn’t comparable with Amazon founded & still owned by Jeff Bezoz. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 11:17 - Nov 5 with 2967 views | mutters |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 09:16 - Nov 5 by Ryorry |
What a strange comparison- Musk’s takeover of Twitter and running it down into ‘X’ simply isn’t comparable with Amazon founded & still owned by Jeff Bezoz. |
The comparison I made was between Tesla and Amazon when it came to profitability.
The reference to X was it's removal from the he S&P index due to it becoming a private company.
Two separate points of discussion☺️ | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 11:35 - Nov 5 with 2951 views | Ryorry |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 11:17 - Nov 5 by mutters |
The comparison I made was between Tesla and Amazon when it came to profitability.
The reference to X was it's removal from the he S&P index due to it becoming a private company.
Two separate points of discussion☺️ |
Ah, thanks for the explan. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 21:39 - Nov 5 with 2892 views | BlueBadger |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 15:42 - Nov 4 by mutters |
I am not a Musk fanboy, but am curious as why you think he is a fraud? To describe him as the Paul Lambert of billionaires is ridiculous bearing in mind what he has done in his career. |
Built his success on the back of other people's actual savvy innit. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 07:35 - Nov 6 with 2790 views | Plums |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:41 - Nov 4 by GavTWTD |
I thought it was because he wants it to be more than a social network but shopping portal too, so the name reflects that. I think. |
That's my understanding too. He wants it to become the West's version of WeChat - which is basically the portal for the Chinese economy. Everything goes through it from messaging to payments.
Of course, peeing off the people who have made the platform a success is an obvious place to start... |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 07:50 - Nov 6 with 2773 views | DJR |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 17:33 - Nov 4 by factual_blue |
I neither know nor care.
Elon Muck is one of many reasons why humanity deserves to destroy itself. |
He is, though, with Tesla doing his bit to prevent humanity being destroyed by climate change. |  | | |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 07:57 - Nov 6 with 2751 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 11:17 - Nov 5 by mutters |
The comparison I made was between Tesla and Amazon when it came to profitability.
The reference to X was it's removal from the he S&P index due to it becoming a private company.
Two separate points of discussion☺️ |
The share price in no way reflects the companies value - just propped up by the Elon Hype from his followers. It values them as the largest car company in the world, despite not even being in the top TEN in sales. The only reason they sometime turn a profit is by touting carbon credits whilst the vehicles sell at a loss. I’ve stayed well clear!
He’d have been much better placed and profitable by selling his battery tech to the OEMs rather than spending vast amounts of capex trying to build a car manufacturer, and brand from scratch. Led by his ego I suspect.
As I say he’s been done by the SEC in the US, as well ans frequently influencing crypto prices, and tried to wriggle out of his Twitter contract. Inherently untrustworthy businessman. | | | |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 08:09 - Nov 6 with 2721 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 07:50 - Nov 6 by DJR |
He is, though, with Tesla doing his bit to prevent humanity being destroyed by climate change. |
And then celebrates by annually producing as much CO2 as 50% of the UK’s total residential emissions, by playing spaceman. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 08:13 - Nov 6 with 2706 views | DanTheMan |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 20:54 - Nov 4 by mutters |
Surely now it's a private company it's automatically delisted from the S&P index as shares are no longer tradable?
Also whilst I agree the losses have been huge, Amazon was the same no? During mass expansion periods losses are often year on year before a profit is made? It took them nearly a decade before a profit was made. Tesla have been profitable for the few years, a lot of their losses were spent on expansion. Ponzi scheme it is not |
Amazon made losses as it was spending the money expanding its business. It's not the same as what we are seeing happen with Twitter / X.
For what it's worth, he's a decent businessman but little other than that as far as I can see. He found himself in the right place at the right time with regards to X.com and Confinity (later PayPal). He then almost ruined it with a disastrous rewrite and was essentially forced out by the board.
He reminds me a little of the way people sometimes view Steve Jobs as an engineer. He's not actually got any expertise in anything but he sounds like he does to a layperson. |  |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 08:15 - Nov 6 with 2697 views | DanTheMan |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 07:50 - Nov 6 by DJR |
He is, though, with Tesla doing his bit to prevent humanity being destroyed by climate change. |
He doesn't give a monkeys.
Oh and Mike Cernovich is a lovely person to be interacting with - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cernovich [Post edited 6 Nov 2023 8:16]
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 09:08 - Nov 6 with 2640 views | Ryorry |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 08:15 - Nov 6 by DanTheMan |
He doesn't give a monkeys.
Oh and Mike Cernovich is a lovely person to be interacting with - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cernovich [Post edited 6 Nov 2023 8:16]
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Sounds like MC is one of the Tate brothers’ many satellites. | |
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 09:26 - Nov 6 with 2616 views | DJR |
| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 08:09 - Nov 6 by Swansea_Blue |
And then celebrates by annually producing as much CO2 as 50% of the UK’s total residential emissions, by playing spaceman. |
I'm no fan of space travel but I'd be interested to know where that statistic comes from.
As regards space flights themselves, the following states that the CO₂ emissions for the four or so tourists on a space flight will be between 50 and 100 times more than the one to three tonnes per passenger on a long-haul flight (suggesting little difference in the flights themselves). And it mustn't be forgotten that there are 100,000 flights per day, admittedly not all long haul.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jul/opinion-rockets-emit-100-times-more-co2-pass [Post edited 6 Nov 2023 9:29]
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| Why did 'X' bother as they are now known as X(formerly known as Twitter)!? (n/t on 09:28 - Nov 6 with 2606 views | Blueschev |
It's the biggest travesty in branding since Choco Krispies. |  | | |
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