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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems very charitable to say he sincerly cares about free speech given his hindering and sliencing of others.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am still entirely convinced that the only reason he bought Twitter in the first place is because of this: https://www.businessinsider.com/student-who-tracks-elon-musk-jet-launching-own-website-2023-2

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Personally I think he was attempting a pump and dump and got caught out by the market downturn that hit just after he brought in.