Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[~Rocktar~]

WOW, what a demonstration of why diversity hiring is a bad idea. Not only is this ignorant wingnut new press secretary super bad at her job, she looks like she is trying to talk to a bunch of kids from the couch or some shit. What a joke and I love this guy's take on it.

[Shaps]

LOL.. just rewrite history.. and the backpedaling begins. Don't forget what they did for over 2+ years, because they'll claim they didn't..

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/polit...ntv/index.html

"Top infectious disease expert doesn't rule out supporting temporary national lockdown to combat coronavirus"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ick-again.html

"Voice of doom Dr Fauci warns US could face MORE COVID lockdowns as he admits latest variant set to hit US is less serious than Omicron: 'We can't just say we're done'"

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...eigh-benefits/

"Fauci Says We May Never Know If Costs of Covid Lockdowns Outweigh Benefits"


But, apparently there were no lockdowns.. because, Fauci just doesn't use that word.. ROFL

[Shaps]

Imagine being so dumb, you admit it to a stranger... fucking commie cucks are mad that Elon might actually allow freedom of speech.

[Seran]

Speaking of back pedaling, Elon Musk is already trying to find his way out of the deal without hitting a massive penalty. It's clear to most endless that he just used it as an excuse to sell his own stock without the immediate backlash of a more profound drop in Tesla stock. Musky boy has no interest in Twitter beyond using it as a bot farm to prop up his meme stock.

[Methais]

Speaking of back pedaling, Elon Musk is already trying to find his way out of the deal without hitting a massive penalty. It's clear to most endless that he just used it as an excuse to sell his own stock without the immediate backlash of a more profound drop in Tesla stock. Musky boy has no interest in Twitter beyond using it as a bot farm to prop up his meme stock.

You really are the dumbest person to ever connect to the internet.

Elon Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal can't proceed until CEO proves the platform has fewer than 5% fake accounts

Elon Musk said his Twitter buyout can't proceed without evidence the platform has less than 5% fake accounts.

"My offer was based on Twitter's SEC filings being accurate," Musk tweeted Tuesday.

Analysts have suggested Musk is trying to reduce the price of his $44 billion offer for Twitter.

Elon Musk said Tuesday his proposed $44 billion Twitter buyout can't move forward until Twitter's CEO provides proof the platform has fewer than 5% fake accounts.

"My offer was based on Twitter's SEC filings being accurate," Musk tweeted.

Musk announced Friday he was putting his Twitter deal "on hold" while assessing how the company calculates the proportion of fake accounts it harbors. In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Twitter says that fewer than 5% of accounts on its platform are fake.

Musk said Tuesday: "20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher." Musk did not detail how he arrived at the 20% figure.

He added: "Yesterday, Twitter's CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does."

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Monday posted a thread on Twitter explaining why Musk's earlier suggestion of sampling 100 random accounts to determine the proportion of fake ones wouldn't work. Musk responded to Agrawal's post with a poop emoji.

Agrawal said in his thread that Twitter's estimate of what proportion of accounts are spam was based on "multiple human reviews (in replicate) of thousands of accounts." He said Twitter's internal teams randomly sampled accounts the company considered to be "monetizable daily active users."

It's possible Musk is using his professed concern over fake accounts as a pretext to force Twitter back to the negotiating table and get a better price for his deal.

On Monday, Musk told the All In Summit in Miami that renegotiating his Twitter deal to a lower price wouldn't be "out of the question," Bloomberg reported.






https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...of-spam-2022-5



Do you think if you try really really hard that you could make it through just one day without being the stupidest person on the internet?

[Parkbandit]

Speaking of back pedaling, Elon Musk is already trying to find his way out of the deal without hitting a massive penalty. It's clear to most endless that he just used it as an excuse to sell his own stock without the immediate backlash of a more profound drop in Tesla stock. Musky boy has no interest in Twitter beyond using it as a bot farm to prop up his meme stock.

How.Are.You.Always.The.Dumbest.Poster.In.Any.Given .Thread.?.

[Suppressed Poet]

Not defending Seran, but when I listened to the whole news story on my way to work I wondered to myself if Musk’s actual grievance is truly with the % of bot users, or if he is having second thoughts about buying it at $54.20 a share when the stock has been tanking lately. I think it closed below $38 yesterday if I remember correctly. Anywho…I’m no genius billionaire like Musk but it seems like that’s a massive premium on the market price and could very well be a bad financial decision in this current economic market.

I have no dog in this race other than I like what Musk has said about free speech and his plans for Twitter.

[Seran]

@Methais you rush to accept as fact that Elon Musk insists 20% of accounts are bots, while clearly overlooking the caveat in the article he doesn't substantiate that figure. Musky wants to run Twitter, give people the write to say whatever the fuck they want, which clearly he's been guilty of via an SEC charge he manipulated his stock via Twitter. Sure, Elon Musk is a subject matter expert of using bots to manipulate his own stock price, but I trust the company with the actual data. Not Elon Fucking Musk

[Parkbandit]

Not defending Seran, but when I listened to the whole news story on my way to work I wondered to myself if Musk’s actual grievance is truly with the % of bot users, or if he is having second thoughts about buying it at $54.20 a share when the stock has been tanking lately. I think it closed below $38 yesterday if I remember correctly. Anywho…I’m no genius billionaire like Musk but it seems like that’s a massive premium on the market price and could very well be a bad financial decision in this current economic market.

I have no dog in this race other than I like what Musk has said about free speech and his plans for Twitter.

Is a social media company worth more with 5% bots or 20% bots or 40% bots?

[Parkbandit]

@Methais you rush to accept as fact that Elon Musk insists 20% of accounts are bots, while clearly overlooking the caveat in the article he doesn't substantiate that figure. Musky wants to run Twitter, give people the write to say whatever the fuck they want, which clearly he's been guilty of via an SEC charge he manipulated his stock via Twitter. Sure, Elon Musk is a subject matter expert of using bots to manipulate his own stock price, but I trust the company with the actual data. Not Elon Fucking Musk

All Musk is asking for is evidence that there is only 5% bots on Twitter, as Twitter has claimed repeatedly.

And they haven't.

Because it's probably closer to 25-40% and that would open themselves up to a lawsuit from advertisers who paid Twitter 5 BILLION dollars last year based upon the number of the people on it.