Elon vs Twitter update: Elon helped America win , Tesla stock through the roof

Share price usually goes up when someone makes a bid higher than the current price lol. Anyone who invests understands that short term share price moves rarely reflect long term value.

Elon Musk is fantastic with things he can control. But social media is a different animal. It's not just about appeasing the people who think like you, but also the people who don't like you. And that's never been Musk's strength. His arrogance and diehard beliefs can easily backfire given that Twitter needs both the left and the right to be successful.

 

clearly twitter doesn't need the right . . . no one needs the right

 

Twitter becoming primarily a political platform, much like Facebook, is why its declining.

 

I don't like or dislike the guy. I see him in neutral tones and having dealt with enough CEO's over the years I see them as all the same. That's because I get what it takes to make a company successful, the sacrifices one has to make, and the kind of ego it takes to have the drive to be that successful.

I have 25 shares of Tesla stock I bought in 2015 so I'm quite happy with how Elon Musk has managed that company.

It's not about liking or not liking a guy, it's about knowing what bets to make on someone and what bets not too. If Musk were to start an energy company, I'd buy stock in it or find out a way to be an early investor in a heartbeat. But a social media company? No thanks.

 

A number of the snowflake lefty wokesters employed at Twitter were already starting to melt when Elon Musk was invited to join the Twitter board of directors. This is sure to escalate that meltdown still further.

The dramatic episodes that ensue from these people in the days to come are likely to be remarkable, to say the least.

 

"Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's letter concluded.

 

Eh, I don't think that's its in decline - it's hitting highs in DAU and revenues and has had steady growth for at least the past 5 years.

Longer term you may be right as it ages out (although FB and Youtube are still kings despite how long they have been around) as younger users are finding other platforms and new one are sure to come about. I wouldn't say it's primarily a political platform, I think that's a very active part of it - maybe the highest, but overall, I'd bet it's not more than a 1/8th of the total pie. I'd think entertainment would be the number one aspect of it, but it's also used for marketing, sports, networking - just so many activities that politics is really just one sliver. That's why making rule changes to address the political issues of Twitter can be detrimental to the platform, as solving one problem might create issues in the areas that are actually driving their growth and profitability.

But it's all so early to say. Who knows what Musk's real goals are.

 

Elon is a master of manipulating stock prices. He is already facing lawsuits for not filing required disclosure forms when he bought the Twitter stock. He's almost certainly trying to drive up the price some more now and then will quietly sell shares and pocket a huge profit, and then later will announce that twitter employees didn't want him or whatever and thus he sold. It's the same as he previously did with Tesla and Bitcoin and what he's done with Dogecoin.

 

I hadn't thought of that, very plausible

 

Yeah, this seems like the most likely outcome.

 

This makes a lot of sense and would explain why he didn't want a board seat. Could be a way for him to get cash without selling any of his stock in other companies. He's too smart to want to run Twitter.

 

So many beardsplainers and pronouners on this board.

 

No.