[kmlevitt]

He seems to contradict himself. On one hand he says “fuck you“ to anybody pulling advertising like he’s throwing caution to the wind because he just doesn’t care, but on the other hand, he says the company is doomed if advertisers pull out, and that seems to really upset him.

So… Twitter is shutting down? There’s really no other plan other than blaming advertisers for pulling out, and ranting about how earth will judge them?

[Balgair]

> So… Twitter is shutting down?

One can only hope!

[thrill]

Maybe he will buy Fox News next?

[Balgair]

Fox Corp Class A is only ~$13.75B right now.

So, actually possible.

[reportgunner]

You're taking the "fuck you" out of context, blackmail is the keyword here.

> "If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself,"

[TheCleric]

Just because he misuses the word blackmail, that doesn’t mean it’s the keyword.

[tim333]

He's saying he'd rather let the company go bust rather than give into blackmail.

Which seems nuts to me. I mean they are not blackmailing as far as I can see, just not wanting to be associated with him endorsing anti semitic stuff and pizzagate conspiracies.

[ryandvm]

Yes, not paying someone to show pictures of your product is blackmail.

We're not talking about the blackmail bit because it's utter nonsense.

[drewcoo]

More charitably, he's cornered, lashing out, and not making sense. None of us do when we're cornered.

His team is probably trying to figure out how to spin everything even as we write here.

On a positive note, he's reacting a lot like the rest of us and not like a totally gone sociopath - there's a human inside that billionaire!

[kmlevitt]

Many of us might feel that way internally or in private when we’re frustrated, but few would go up on stage, say that in front of the whole world and wait for applause afterward. Regardless of his political opinions or personal temperament, he seems to have lost touch with reality.

[kcplate]

Few would have that same opportunity.

[quantified]

The reat of us who run businesses would say "oh, when I do X, I lose revenue. I will not do X anymore. Maybe I will do some anti-X and try to grow it instead."

[hackerlight]

> he's reacting a lot like the rest of us

Narcissistic injury looks like normal emotional hurt because it is, but it comes from a very different place.

[ModernMech]

What, no? He’s behaving erratically, flailing, and blaming everyone but himself for his failure as a leader. That’s not how we all act, and clearly narcissistic behavior. The sociopathy is evident the other day from his “graveyard” tweet.

[cm277]

He's responsible for his actions and words to his employees, remaining customers and co-investors. How's this behavior not sociopathic? he's not accounting for the impact to others.