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[–] deft@ttrpg.network 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

genuinely convinced he may have intentionally destroyed twitter to make the next presidential campaign operate on a different field.

sounds crazy but without twitter or reddit, how do "the youth" communicate? tiktok? insta?

[–] Sodis@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Big parts of the youth did not use twitter. Twitter had at its peak about 500mio active users. Instagram has 2.4 billion, tiktok 1 billion, snapchat 750mio. The relevancy of twitter is highly skewed, because the media used it a lot.

[–] Wisely@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Wow crazy that so many people use those social media platforms. I have never used any of them.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I'd say that's stupid, but so is every other idea he comes up with for it so who knows.

[–] cjsolx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would that have been worth $44b?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It wasn't worth that much when he bought it. At most, it was worth half that. One of the many reasons why Musk is a fucking moron.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 6 points 2 years ago

It doesn't help making an offer that was too high just so he could make a silly "420" joke.