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koavf OP t1_j4mdv3r wrote

Reply to comment by Jeraimee in Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter by koavf

Per month, per account: he'll make back that lost $200 billion in no time.

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verybakedpotatoe t1_j4qe90n wrote

If every single Twitter user including all of the bots bought blue check marks, and all of that money went straight to the bank and none of it had to be used on expenses, it would still take nearly 10 years for Twitter to make up that missing $200 billion.

Back in reality though, only a small percentage of users are willing to buy blue check marks, all and more of that money is going to service debt payments, Even without paying rent or salaries Twitter still has expenses, and the business doesn't have 10 years to become financially solvent.

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SilasX t1_j4qou3u wrote

Nit: The buyout price for Twitter was $43 billion.

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koavf OP t1_j4rgxs5 wrote

What nit? https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-posts-record-losses-175800911.html

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SilasX t1_j4s5hb8 wrote

The nit where, in context, the relevant comparison would be to the cost of twitter. If you weren’t using that as the baseline, as would be natural, you can just say, “I was comparing to Musk’s personal loss of net worth” instead of making me read a link to untangle what you mean.

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koavf OP t1_j4sq09u wrote

He lost all that money because he bought Twitter: that is Twitter's true cost of ownership.

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SilasX t1_j4t34zg wrote

That’s not the right way to account for it. It’s one party’s loss because of semi related events. Not everyone who participated in the twitter purchase suffered a share of the $200 bn loss, only of the $43 bn loss.

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koavf OP t1_j4twlis wrote

> Not everyone who participated in the twitter purchase suffered a share of the $200 bn loss, only of the $43 bn loss.

You are wrong, since every everyone who paid $44 billion to own Twitter also lost a total of $200 billion.

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SilasX t1_j4u7ht9 wrote

Nobody paid $44 bn. It was jointly financed across multiple parties.

And even if Musk had out put up $44 bn, it doesn’t mean the other losses were attributable solely to that purchase. The Tesla price fluctuations were not entirely due to the sale of Musk’s shares, for example.

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koavf OP t1_j4vsmv5 wrote

Oh, okay, whatever. I don't care about this.

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