[TMWNN]

More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest. No way Congress or the administration would condone any of the companies whose CEOs testified on Capitol Hill this week buying TikTok.

[marc__1]

Technically Microsoft owned 1.6% shares before Facebook's IPO, and last information I could get it had sold 20% of the proceeds post-IPO in 2012, so they are somewhat involved in social media.

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-offloads-20-percent-...

[flycaliguy]

Yeah, you're right. That investment means they are somewhat involved in social media.

[justaguy88]

At 1% (minus 20% of that too) it's basically meaningless

[kshacker]

Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github), we got you covered.

[dragonwriter]

> Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github),

Or work (LinkedIn)

[JacKTrocinskI]

Or talk (Skype)

[dragonwriter]

> More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest

Probably not, no matter how you prioritize the two prongs of that, and no matter which construction of war chest size you take, since Alphabet and Apple both less social media involvement (though Alphabet has tried in the past to have more) and more cash on hand, while both Apple and Amazon have less social media involvement and greater market cap.

[viztor]

Apple just don't do those things. It will be extremely unusual.

[azurezyq]

Don't forget YouTube, which is also "social media".

[tdhoot]

Amazon and Apple don't really have a social media presence either.

[shalmanese]

Amazon has Twitch