The day after any major event is always considered as waking up from a beautiful dream or a terrifying nightmare. After the intoxication of the surprise goes away, opinions vary between optimism and pessimism.
What happened yesterday, Monday, April 25, from the billionaire and “Tesla” maker (Tesla) Elon Musk’s purchase of the songbird “Twitter” for an amount of $ 44 billion, came like a thunderbolt to the audience of the blue bird and its workers, as it was a shock to the followers who They found the speed of the acquisition and the amount paid for it questionable signs.
The condition inside the cage
Reactions began from "inside the cage", where former Twitter owner Jack Dorsey tweeted, on the deal to officially sell the company to American billionaire Elon Musk for $44 billion.
"I love Twitter... Twitter is the closest thing we have to global awareness," Drossi said in a series of tweets.
I love Twitter.
Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
"Idea and service are all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both. Twitter as a company has always been my only problem and my biggest regret... Getting it off Wall Street is the right first step."
The idea and service is all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both.
Twitter as a company has always been my sole issue and my biggest regret.
It has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model.
Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
"In principle, I don't think anyone should own or manage Twitter... We want it to be a public good at the protocol level, not a company," Drossi explained.
In principle, I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter.
It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company.
Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust.
I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
However, to solve the problem of being a company, Elon Musk is the only solution I can trust. I am confident that his mission is to extend the light of consciousness, his goal of creating a platform (ultimately trusted and extensively comprehensive) is The right target.
Elon's goal of creating a platform that is “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive” is the right one.
This is also @paraga's goal, and why I chose him.
Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation.
This is the right path…I believe it with all my heart.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
"This is also Parag Agrawal's goal and the reason I chose him... Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation... This is the right path... I think so with all my heart."
As for Agrawal, the new CEO - who said a few days ago to his employees that Twitter will not be held hostage to anyone - it seems that he is now trying to allay the fears of employees who were surprised by this deal.
At an all-employee meeting on Monday, Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal said there were no planned layoffs and that the company's priorities were not.
Once Mr. Musk takes office, Agrawal said, "we don't know which direction the company might take," employees who attended the meeting said.
As for the employees, their comments ranged from sarcasm to fear and anger to some optimism, as people working in the social network try to predict their future in a company owned by an unpredictable billionaire.
“This is a time of real uneasiness and uncertainty,” Edward Perez, director of product management for community health at Twitter, said in a tweet Monday after the deal was announced. Community. I hope our new owner knows that."
Within minutes of the announcement of Musk's acquisition of Twitter, employees in the company's internal Slack messaging channel began saying they were planning to quit, according to some employees.
One employee said that many have publicly asked in Slack's internal channels what the acquisition means for employees who have differences of opinion with Elon Musk and the company's diversity plans.
Enemies and loved ones tweeted
It was previously believed that former US President Donald Trump would be the happiest person with Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Trump's favorite platform. That the former US president explicitly announced in an interview with "Fox news" that he might not return to the platform in the event that the owner of Tesla acquired it, and he does not know why Trump took this offensive position.
On the other hand, Elon Musk's arch-rival Jeff Bezos tweeted a malicious tweet late yesterday, Monday, which was aimed at testing the patience of the new Twitter owner regarding freedom of expression. Bezos indicated that China may gain influence on Twitter once the process is completed. acquisition.
"Has the Chinese government gained some influence on the town square?" Bezos said in the tweet.
He hints at Musk's business ties to China, where the Tesla CEO set up a factory in Shanghai in 2018 and the company relies heavily on Chinese companies to supply the materials that go into its batteries.
Interesting question.
Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?
https://t.co/jTiEnabP6T
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 25, 2022
The great rivalry between the two men is not hidden;
From the competition for the richest man in the world to the competition for the conquest of space and now the competition in the field of media and influence, all of this made the relationship between the two men a rivalry.
As for the other person who has remained silent so far, it is Bill Gates, and the billionaire founder of “Microsoft” with the new owner of Twitter has a long history of controversy on and off the platform’s pages, perhaps the last of which was mentioned by Elon Musk two days ago.
Elon Musk mocked Bill Gates on social media by likening him to an emoji depicting a pregnant man after accusing the Microsoft founder of trying to damage Tesla's stock by selling a quantity of stock in a so-called short sale.
Musk claimed he exchanged text messages with Gates, who said he wanted to "discuss the possibilities of philanthropy" with the head of Tesla and SpaceX.
Musk added that he was not in the mood to cooperate with Gates after the software pioneer used his $500 million stake in Tesla to damage the company's stock, according to Musk.
in case u need to lose a boner fast pic.twitter.com/fcHiaXKCJi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022
After all this controversy, the tweet of the new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, comes to ask his worst critics to stay on the platform and that this is what freedom of expression means.
I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022