Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I said Musk would attempt to buy Twitter as soon as Reddit started posting about him being angry about the jet tracking.

    People told me I was crazy, nobody would buy a social media platform just to suppress one account.

    It was obvious - Musk behavior is clearly that of an insecure teenager, paired with a lot of money.