As we sweat it out waiting to hear if Twitter's board will accept Tesla CEO and Watch Massage With My Husband Onlinememe lord Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion (a fraction of his estimated $219 billion net worth), Twitter has done what it does best: react in dramatic fashion.
Over the course of the morning of April 14, #Leave Twitter, #MySpace, and #Tumblr have trended as users muse about a Musk-owned future and recall the struggles of other platforms who were acquired and mismanaged. We combed though the hot takes, which ranged from perplexed and playful to political and provocative.
I think I've seen this film before...
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Eat the rich.
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Speaking of! Let us debate which is the lesser of two evils.
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Digital artist Beeple's take ruffled some feathers.
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I see her point, I do.
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Marc, please, one thing at a time.
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Couldn't let today go by without bullying CNN+.
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WWTD (What Would Tom Do)?
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As this user points out, acquisitions really bring people together.
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At the end of the day, I still am what I eat: Twitter trash.
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Maybe this is a good thing after all!
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