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by verdverm 1350 days ago
It's not $44B that twitter will have available and can spend. Most (all?) will go to current investors to buy their stocks at a set price, which is where the $44B comes from

It's probably more about how much the new owners will want to drop into it and how long before it moves to x.com (?) and becomes an everything app
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lapcat 1350 days ago
> It's not $44B that twitter will have available and can spend. Most (all?) will go to current investors to buy their stocks at a set price, which is where the $44B comes from

Why did you feel the need to mention this 100% obvious fact?

Of course I meant that the new owners wouldn't shut down something they just spent $44 billion on, thereby throwing their investment in the trash, not that Twitter would magically get a $44 billion operating cash infusion.

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verdverm 1350 days ago
You called it an investment, it is not an investment, it is an acquisition.

It was not 100% obvious what you were implying, obviously

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lapcat 1350 days ago
> You called it an investment, it is not an investment, it is an acquisition.

Okthanksbye.

> It was not 100% obvious what you were implying, obviously

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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verdverm 1350 days ago
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Be kind. Don't be snarky.

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I see you've edited it now to be more clear

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