Is Twitter a Good Investment?

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i think these are all solvable problems that it feels like they've laid the foundation for what they can go do, and now it's just a question of executing. The only thing that makes me kind of sceptical whether they can execute is they have kind of chased these rabbit hole opportunities. And i mean, sometimes it works, but most often it really just has been like da distraction. An elon, by the way, was huper critical of like, stop bucking, wasting your time on this ship.

(00:39) - Elon Musk buys 9.2% of Twitter and species he only wants “the good parts”

(11:54) - History of Twitter runs deep and sometimes stupid

(16:40) - Twitter’s current role/issues, and there are a lot

(35:54) - Fast shuts down and the schadenfreude gets intense

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Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

Reference Links:

CNBC – Elon Musk joins twitter’s board
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/elon-musk-to-join-twitters-board-of-directors.html

https://www.piratewires.com/p/king-shit

Parag Agrawal – Elon Musk Tweet
https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320953598357505?s=20&t=4a0XIu0pgG4b2eYOWfKsig

Jack Dorsey – Elon Musk Tweet
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1511329369473564677

Elon Musk – Tweet about joining board
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1511322655609303043?s=20&t=teLPQd78_3JAKSmFcxVtqg

The Information – Kate Clark article on Fast
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/live-fast-die-young-behind-the-fall-of-a-one-click-wonder

Executive Producer: Rashad Assir

Producer: Leah Clapper

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