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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 17:44:14 EDT lnxw48a1
   #Twitter Inc has been consumed by "X Corp", a subsidiary of "X Holdings". https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-elon-musk-wechat-everything-app-1850322566
   
   I wonder how that affects people like former CEO Jack, who still had some stock that his contract requires him to hold for a number of years.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 18:01:05 EDT lnxw48a1

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      This "WeChat does everything" idea sounds similar to what App dot Net was trying to do. If I recall correctly, ADN was supposed to be a support layer where different things could ride atop. They built their microblogging thing and I think there were a few alpha products being built, but they ran out of funds. I think partly because their biggest product was the microblogging site, and it was mostly a smaller and paid version of #Twitter ... it is hard to gain enough paying customers for the same thing that a larger zero-price competitor offers.
      
      So let's say Twitter goes 100% paid, will they still be the world's leading source for news and information? I cannot answer, but I don't expect to be among their customer base.
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 19:15:13 EDT GeniusMusing

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         @lnxw48a1
         Is Twitter is the new AOL?
         LMAO