Why did Elon Musk buy twitter instead of just starting his own social media business?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

there is the potential to make a lot of money in authoritarian misinformation politics

So nothing has changed then, since misinformation politics was rife on the platform before Musk bought it.

[–]Musky 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Socks is Mr. Misinformation, he just wants the right kind of misinformation.

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    [–]Musky 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

    You had a meltdown over the Hunter Biden laptop being real and verified 😂

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      [–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

      You remember, HKP was schooling you, and you were getting all mad, and you were like "you're a big meenie, stop talking to me!" 😂

      And before that in chat....

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        [–]Musky 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

        I bet you had them crazy eyes while typing the whole time.