Musk Making Changes To Twitter (Babylon Bee)

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https://babylonbee.com/news/9-changes-to-twitter-now-that-musk-owns-largest-share

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4-10-2022

Twitter CEO reveals why
Elon Musk is off the company's board

Elon has decided not to join our board.
I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with
you all here.

It was revealed last week that Elon Musk purchased
a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter for nearly $3 billion. Since then,
he has been spinning ideas around with Twitter polls and comments about how to change the website,
which has blocked white supremacists, neo-Nazis and Donald Trump after they violated the site's terms of service.

Now, however, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is revealing that
Musk won't have anything to do with the board after all.

In a statement released late Sunday night, Agrawal said that despite their previous comments, Musk was not on the board
and it was for the best.

"The board and I had many discussions about Elon joining the board, and with Elon directly. We were excited to collaborate
and clear about the risks.
We also believed that having Elon as a fiduciary of
the company where he, like all board members, has
to act in the best interests of the company and all
our shareholders, was the best path forward.
The board offered him a seat," the statement said.

"We announced on Tuesday that Elon would be appointed to the board contingent on a background check and formal acceptance.
Elon's appointment to the board became officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board. I believe this is for the best.

We have and will always value input from our shareholders, whether they are on our board or not. Elon is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input,"
the statement also said.

You can read below:
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Apparently Temple doesn't understand satire ... As with everything and always it triggers his obsession to copy and paste some more of his anti Trump rhetoric

Quote :: Since then,
he has been spinning ideas around with Twitter polls and comments about how to change the website,
which has blocked white supremacists, neo-Nazis and Donald Trump after they violated the site's terms of service

Yes, we're all well aware that Trump has been blocked from twitter, yet you feel the need to copy and paste an article to say as much and also suggesting his ban is related to the banning of neo nazis and white supremacists .. Where do you find this shit? .. There's no mention of all the other people that are banned for no reason at all ..like all the people banned for using that NPC meme as their avatar ..but.. Carry on with your fixation

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4-12-2022

Elon Musk sued for allegedly delaying reveal of his Twitter purchase to buy shares on the cheap.

On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk is being sued by a Twitter investor who alleges he improperly delayed the announcement of his acquisition of Twitter stock — keeping the share price lower than it would have been so he could buy up more on the cheap.

"The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, alleges that the Tesla CEO’s delay artificially dampened Twitter’s share price, cheating out investors who sold stock before he finally disclosed his investment in early April," reported A.J. McDougall and Noah Kirsch.

"The plaintiff, Marc Bain Rasella, claims that Musk should have revealed his holdings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by March 24,
as Bloomberg News previously
Instead, the billionaire revealed that he had bought up 9.2 percent of Twitter only last Monday — immediately causing shares to jump 27 percent as Muskian acolytes clamored to invest."

"Meanwhile, according to Rasella’s complaint, in dragging his feet to file, Twitter’s most notorious
troll managed to scoop up more shares at a deflated price," said the report.
"A finance professor cited by The Washington Post last week estimated that Musk made $156 million by buying at the lower price.
Rasella purports to represent the class of Twitter’s shareholders who sold their stakes in the week before Musk’s disclosure."

This is not the first time Musk has faced allegations
of securities misconduct. In 2018, Musk and Tesla settled for $20 million with the Securities and Exchange Commission after he tweeted that he had "secured funding" to take Tesla private.
The SEC later argued for contempt sanctions for Musk for allegedly violating the terms of that settlement by tweeting Tesla could build 500,000 vehicles in 2019.

Musk's acquisition of Twitter shares led some to speculate he could use his power to strong-arm the company into changing content policies that have gotten some right-wing activists banned for hate speech and harassment.
Twitter announced soon after the acquisition that Musk had agreed not to join the company's board
of directors.

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Quote :: Musk's acquisition of Twitter shares led some to speculate he could use his power to strong-arm the company into changing content policies that have gotten some right-wing activists banned for hate speech and harassment.
Twitter announced soon after the acquisition that Musk had agreed not to join the company's board
of directors.

Being on the board he can only buy up to 15% (i think) of twitter shares.. He already owns almost 10%... He's probably planning to buy a lot more

He probably has every intention of changing policies. That's why they're squawkin about him already.. Their policies of "hate speech and harassment" are bullshit .. People are being banned for posting shit the left doesn't like.. Musk will probably be able to reinstate accounts that were wrongly banned... What of he reinstates Trump's account!!!??? .. Oh Nooo!! ..haa .. He's gonna stir up all kindsa shit .. They're gonna hate it

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Grackle wrote:: Musk probably has every intention of changing policies. That's why they're squawkin about him already.. Their policies of "hate speech and harassment" are bullshit .. People are being banned for posting shit the left doesn't like.. Musk will probably be able to reinstate accounts that were wrongly banned... What of he reinstates Trump's account!!!??? .. Oh Nooo!! ..haa .. He's gonna stir up all kindsa shit .. They're gonna hate it

It is a very good thing you can go to Truth Social wherein trump gives you full range to post whatever you feel need to post..
Do not worry over Twitter rules because Trump created a place that's bigger and better than Twitter--
Lucky you--- you go now and enjoy your freedoms at Truth Social--And- I'd bet all who are banned on Twitter will be at Truth Social to greet you.

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I don't know why you think I'd be worried about twitter rules. Although i follow a few people and read a few posts, i don't post there myself .. Musk stirring up leftist's shit at twitter is news everywhere.. It's amusing

Ya know truth social and twitter aren't the only social media platforms.. You -do- know that, right? .. Yea, i can go to either one. I can also go to GTTR. ..Retalk..Bitchute.. Gab ..Reddit..where i can post WTF ever i want without being censored .. I'm registered at them all .. I can also post at facebook and instagram as long as i don't break any of their rules.. But I'm not banned at either one .. Shit i can post here too, as much as you might wish i didn't

So no, twitters rules don't concern me at all personally ..but I'd really like to see Musk rattle their cages... The more they whine and complain about it the better

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Grackle wrote:: I can also post at facebook and instagram as long as i don't break any of their rules.. But I'm not banned at either one .. Shit i can post here too, as much as you might wish i didn't
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Grack--you know you're luved, even you being a pain in the ass and a dumbfuk you're still my bro- geek

Musk is now talking about buying Twitter outright. I just may actually go there if he does.

Bwa ha ha ha ha -

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1514592768286511112

Gab News
To:
Obiwannosi

Thu, Apr 14 at 4:39 PM

This morning Elon Musk sent Twitter’s Board an offer to buy the entire company for $40B+. As I wrote last week, anything that explicitly has the aim of bringing more free speech to the internet for more people is a good thing.

Twitter has legacy problems that Gab doesn’t. They are fully dependent on third-party infrastructure. We are not. We “built our own,” everything. Hosting, email services, analytics tools, ecommerce, payment processing, all of it. We built it all.

You also have to consider that bringing free speech to Twitter isn’t as simple as buying it. Apple and Google do not allow free speech, so if you stop the censorship they will kick Twitter from both app stores. We already solved that problem and overcame it.

Twitter operates in countries where mass censorship is required by law. They have offices in these countries. They have no choice but to comply with the censorship demands of those countries or risk being shut down, fines, etc.

We understand this very well and have dealt with it, telling those countries to get lost.

Then there is the problem of Twitter’s community itself. It skews massively left and thus anti-free speech. If you allow free speech on Twitter again, those people are absolutely going to leave because their fragile worldview can’t handle the reality that free speech brings.

Another problem Twitter has that we don’t: total dependency on ad dollars. Gab’s business model is not 100% dependent on advertising. We have several other revenue streams including GabPRO, the Gab Shop, and GabPay our payment processor.

As a good friend pointed out rightfully to me this morning: “I highly doubt they will accept his offer. They would rather shares go to zero than hand over narrative control. If they do accept they will sabotage internally and to whatever degree he makes good changes Twitter will get the Gab treatment from the globohomo.”

In light of these truths, I’d like to offer Elon a counter offer to his very expensive and overpriced Twitter deal.

Elon,

I founded Gab in 2016 because I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning constitutional federal republic.

However, since founding Gab I realized that in order to provide a free speech platform you must also have free speech internet infrastructure. Gab has since transformed from merely a social network into a free speech internet infrastructure company. We built our own servers, our own email services, our own payment processor, and so much more not because we wanted to, but because we had no choice if we were going to continue to exist.

What we are missing at the moment is an ISP. I fear that the next big leap of censorship is at the ISP level, with ISP’s blocking access to Gab.com. You solve that problem with Starlink. Together we can build infrastructure for a free speech internet.

I am willing to offer you a Board seat along with equity in the company in exchange for you selling your Twitter position and investing $2B into Gab. My offer is my best and final offer.

Gab has extraordinary potential. Let’s unlock it together.

Andrew Torba
CEO, Gab.com
Jesus Christ is King

Click here to view this email as a blog post
https://news.gab.com/2022/04/14/gab-coms-offer-to-elon-musk/

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I guess Musk is no longer the biggest share holder
https://investorplace.com/2022/04/vanguard-just-became-the-largest-twitter-twtr-stock-holder-heres-why/

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If I had the power, but I don't-
I would wipe Facebook- Twitter and the lot of them, all off the net.
Kill em all--never to plague the earth again.
But until somebody kills em all-
I will enlighten you, and post clips sent to me so you can enjoy them.
It's the least I can do for ya'll..

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4-15-2022

Twitter adopts 'Poison Pill' defense against Elon Musk buyout bid.

Twitter moved Friday to defend itself against Elon Musk's $43 billion hostile takeover bid, announcing
a plan that would allow shareholders to purchase additional stock.

Musk's proposal faces uncertainty on multiple fronts, including possible rejection and the challenge of assembling the cash, but could have wide-reaching impacts on the social media service if consummated.

Twitter's board has unanimously adopted a so-called shareholder rights plan, also known as a "poison pill," as the struggle for control of the social media platform intensified.

"The Rights Plan will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation without paying
all shareholders an appropriate control premium," Twitter said in a statement.

Musk sent shockwaves through the tech world on Thursday with an unsolicited bid to buy the company, stating the promotion of freedom of speech on Twitter as a key reason for what he called his
"best and final offer."

Musk told a conference in Canada that he was "not sure" he would succeed and acknowledged a "plan B" but refused to elaborate, though in the filing he noted a rejection would make him consider selling his shares.

Musk last week disclosed a purchase of 73.5 million shares -- or 9.2 percent -- of Twitter's common stock, an announcement that sent its shares soaring more than 25 percent.

The board's "rights plan" kicks in if a buyer takes
15 percent or more of Twitter's outstanding common stock in a transaction not approved by the board.

Musk said he "could technically afford" the buyout while offering no information on financing, though he would likely need to borrow money or part with some of his mountain of Tesla or SpaceX shares.

Some investors have already spoken against the proposal, including businessman and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

Morningstar Research analysts echoed that perspective, saying, "While the board will take the Tesla CEO's offer into consideration, we believe the probability of Twitter accepting it is likely below 50 percent."

Twitter stock closed down nearly two percent Thursday.

AFP

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Musk buys twitter ... Might be redundant but I'm just hearing about it

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518623997054918657

If you want free speech you have to give it to everyone, even the nut jobs. That's just the way it works.

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oliver clotheshoffe wrote:: If you want free speech you have to give it to everyone, even the nut jobs. That's just the way it works.

The government does have certain legal restrictions on speech, including defamation, inciting violence or the age-old yelling fire in a theater, obscenity, such as sexually-explicit pornography or child pornography, or making false advertising claims about a product or service. These are a few areas where the government can restrict speech.

Some are surprised to know that the Constitution’s right to free speech applies only to government _______
not to a private entity, such as a company or employer.
And, while we have the basic right to freedom of speech and opinion, with that right comes responsibility.

Yesterday, Twitter’s top lawyer publicly cried when advising her woke staff that the company had been sold.

Today, Elon Musk gave Vijaya Gadde a real reason to shed tears, excoriating her for suspending the New York Post from Twitter after the paper reported on the Hunter Biden laptop story last year.

Gadde has long been denounced as Twitter’s chief censor, booting conservatives from the platform, limiting expression, and imposing secret “shadow bans” to limit the exposure of non-leftist comment.

She gaslit the world during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, and was central in the banning of Donald Trump.

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VERY LONG article with Tweets and pics, etc:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10756831/Elon-Musk-slams-Twitters-lawyer-sobbed-bought-social-media-network.html

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((trump has made one, one post in TS and that was on day one.
And-- He won't go into Twitter because Musk will rule over him..
Musk is more powerful and wealthy and trump would be
insignificant among Musk's personal owned Twitter--
trump has an enormous ego and he won't be under Musk)))
Now this;

4-26-2022

Trump: Now that Elon Musk is buying ‘boring’ Twitter I’m going to start using my own social network.

Donald Trump is a diehard Truther – that is to say,
he is sticking to his own social media platform, Truth Social, and says even though Elon Musk is buying Twitter, he's won't re-join the popular platform he was suspended from after January 2021 insurrection, even if allowed back.

Instead, Trump says he's going to start using Truth Social, which launched two months ago. The platform has been plagued by technical glitches and low sign-ups.

Praising Musk as a "good man," Trump said he's glad the world's richest person bought Twitter but claims his platform is not a competitor.
"But no, I don’t view that as a competition for what
I am doing," the one-term former president declared.

"This is a platform for my voice. TRUTH is a platform for my voice and for my supporters," Trump said. "But I want everybody to come over to TRUTH—conservatives, liberals, whatever."

Over the weekend Trump appeared to forget the name of his own social media company, Insider reports, after he called it Truth Central.

Twitter "became very boring because conservatives were thrown off or got off the platform when I left," Trump added. "It became boring because there was no interaction."

"The interaction on TRUTH has been amazing."

Trump: Now that Elon Musk is buying ‘boring’ Twitter I’m going to start using my own social network.

Donald Trump is a diehard Truther – that is to say,
he is sticking to his own social media platform, Truth Social, and says even though Elon Musk is buying Twitter, he's won't re-join the popular platform he was suspended from after January 2021 insurrection, even if allowed back.

Instead, Trump says he's going to start using Truth Social, which launched two months ago. The platform has been plagued by technical glitches and low sign-ups.

Praising Musk as a "good man," Trump said he's glad the world's richest person bought Twitter but claims his platform is not a competitor.
"But no, I don’t view that as a competition for what
I am doing," the one-term former president declared.

"This is a platform for my voice. TRUTH is a platform for my voice and for my supporters," Trump said. "But I want everybody to come over to TRUTH—conservatives, liberals, whatever."

Over the weekend Trump appeared to forget the name of his own social media company, Insider reports, after he called it Truth Central.

Twitter "became very boring because conservatives were thrown off or got off the platform when I left," Trump added. "It became boring because there was no interaction."

"The interaction on TRUTH has been amazing."

President Elon Musk... hmm... Wink

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Musk has not lived up to his self-proclaimed
free speech absolutist values.

In fact, he called on the Chinese government to censor folks
who were criticizing Tesla.

(((So, his absolute total free speech is bullshit--
he told china to censor the people that said nasty things about him/tesla --
fer fuk.. bwahaa)))

Conservatives question huge spikes in Twitter followers after Elon Musk takeover
By Lee Brown and Emily Crane
April 27, 2022 8:04am

Prominent conservatives have seen their Twitter followers balloon since Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover was announced — prompting claims that the sudden surges proved the platform imposed secret bans on certain accounts.

Donald Trump Jr. led the way in questioning the giant spike, which saw him gain 87,296 new followers by Tuesday and another 119,022 by Wednesday morning — after weeks of averaging just roughly 7,000 per day.

“While I’m awesome and totally deserving of 87,000 new followers a day it seems that someone took the shackles off my account,” the former first son tweeted Tuesday — a day after Musk inked the blockbuster deal with the struggling social media giant.

“Wonder if they’re burning the evidence before new [management] comes in?” Trump wondered, fueling a theory spreading online that Twitter staffers were removing long-suspected “shadow-bans” to allegedly cover their tracks ahead of Musk’s anticipated push for transparency.

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1519002011651477511

Twitter has long been accused of shadow-banning certain accounts by allegedly setting its algorithm to promote, or demote, a user’s tweets – as opposed to yanking them off the platform altogether.

Musk has already said he’s looking to make Twitter’s algorithm available for public scrutiny to address those concerns.

“Seems Shadow Banning is yet another ‘right-wing conspiracy theory’ that was 100% true,” Trump Jr. said.

Trump was far from alone in garnering hundreds of thousands of new followers, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — eyed as a potential future Republican presidential candidate — getting more than 205,000 in the last two days, according to Social Blade analytics.

Conservative radio host Dana Loesch said she was “noticing an increase in followers and engagement after losing huge chunks … for the past few years.” Loesch gained more than 22,000 followers in the last two days — up from a daily average of 574, the analytics showed.

“It’s too soon for Musk to have done this but I’m wondering if something was changed by those seeking to minimize their fingerprint ahead of potential transparency,” Loesch speculated.

Fox News favorite Tucker Carlson — who celebrated the lifting of his Twitter ban Monday with a simple “We’re back” tweet — gained more than 141,000 after a run of mostly losing followers.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has called for the likes of former President Donald Trump to be reinstated on Twitter under Musk’s reign, saw her followers grow by more than 130,000. Podcast host Joe Rogan’s follower count exploded by nearly 135,000, while Texas Senator Ted Cruz gained more than 112,000.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1518726555253547013

“It really is something how conservative accounts are getting massive follower increases today….” tweeted Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who saw his own follower count grow by 61,000 after averaging about 1,900 per day.

On Tuesday night, Sen. Josh Hawley sent a formal Senate letter urging Musk to investigate shadow-banning — as well as “who was responsible for deliberately suppressing the New York Post’s now-vindicated reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop and business dealings.”

“Here’s an idea for @elonmusk. Open the books on who Twitter has shadow banned, who Twitter has suspended, who they’ve throttled, and who was responsible for the egregious censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop reporting. Make it all public,” he tweeted along with the letter.

Musk had earlier slammed Twitter’s ban of The Post’s exclusive October 2020 story on Biden’s laptop, calling the move “obviously incredibly inappropriate.”

Twitter said the platform was looking into the fluctuations of followers, but said it appeared to have largely been a result of an increase in people creating accounts — and those deleting them — off the back of the Musk news.

The social media firm said they continued to “take action on accounts that violate our spam policy which can affect follower count” — but stopped short of addressing specific concerns about shadow-bans having been lifted.

As conservatives returned to the site after Musk vowed to enhance free speech and make the platform more open, liberals have been quitting in droves — with leading progressives seeing huge drops in followers.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shed more than 38,000 in the last few days. In the 10 days prior to Wednesday, AOC had gained an average of 966 followers per day.

Vice President Kamala Harris lost more than 28,000 followers on her personal Twitter account. In comparison, she had been gaining a daily average of 2,300.

Meanwhile, more than 21,000 of Hillary Clinton’s followers vanished in the last few days. Prior to Musk’s Twitter deal, the former secretary of state saw an average increase of 1,900 followers daily.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ follower count declined by more than 23,000, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren lost 17,800. In the 10 days prior, they had averaged 1,800 and 650 new followers per day, respectively.

The influx of follower counts — and subsequent claims it was a result of shadow-bans being lifted — came despite reports that Twitter had taken drastic steps to maintain smooth operations this week amid fears that disgruntled employees could try to disrupt the service.

Twitter reportedly blocked routine changes through Friday, with tweaks only possible if they’re identified as “business critical” and approved by an executive with a vice president title or higher.

Oh yeah they all do it. I took a look at Biden's acceptance speech on YouTube and saw it had about 200k down votes. Went back later to get a screenshot and it was 16k down votes. I guess they got tired of constantly changing them so they finally just blocked them from being seen.

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