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The "guy tracking Elon's private jet" isn't tracking Elon's jet. He's posting links to adsbexchange. Posts like this: https://twitter.com/ElonJet/status/1515530730742427652

(Elon got a new transponder ID to hid from "me") are ridiculously self important, and a complete misrepresentation of what he is doing.

I could be wrong but I feel like Elon is a little more savvy than this

OK, before you go any further with that idea you should check this out:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517707521343082496

You got me to, literally, look at Musk tweet for the first time in my life. How old is he? Twelve?

There is a context behind that tweet, apparently Gates has shorted Tesla.

>apparently Gates has shorted Tesla

There's a couple of these "apparently" or he "maybe" shorted Tesla giving "context"

If you really want to offer context here it is:

- Gates asked Musk to meet up to discuss clime change philanthropy

- Musk asked if Gates still had a half billion Tesla short

- Gates confirmed he does

- Musk told him to screw off because he can't take philanthropy on climate change seriously with someone trying to cash in on the failure of Tesla

So, no, he didn't "maybe" or "apparently" short Tesla - he actively is shorting Tesla to the tune of $500 million as of a few days ago.

The implication here is Tesla is doing something about climate change.

The irony is that Tesla worsens climate change by selling billions of dollars of carbon credits which enable polluters.

If it actually wanted to make a difference it would forgo those credits which would force polluters to actually reduce pollution. Instead it's just a wash.

What if I think Tesla is a great company, but also that its stock is overpriced (its P/E ratio is > 200, so that's not a stretch). Am I allowed to short TSLA or does that automatically mean I'm "trying to cash in on the failure of Tesla"?

This kind of thing doesn't give me confidence that Musk will respect differing opinions as the owner of Twitter.

>Am I allowed to short TSLA or does that automatically mean I'm "trying to cash in on the failure of Tesla"?

Anybody is allowed to short TSLA, and yes, if you short them you want the value of the company to drop and you're trying to cash in on that. TSLA should continue growing if it's a successful company. I'm not aware of companies that lose stock value year after year and are considered successful.

>This kind of thing doesn't give me confidence that Musk will respect differing opinions as the owner of Twitter.

I don't think Musk's goal with the Twitter buyout is to respect opinions. He's buying Twitter so disrespectful opinions won't be taken down.

Now if he starts banning things he personally disagrees with, like the famous plane account, I'll turn on him and call him a bad guy. But I'm not going to speculate nefarious reasons he's buying Twitter because I have no reason to believe he'll do anything other than what he said he'll do.

That's important, because it reveals Musk's insecurity and fragile ego.

Anyone else would just say "Great, I'm going to make you lose all your money!"

Which makes it even worse...

I think he's an obnoxious twerp overall, but his lack of respect for conventional mores in his twitter game is not one of his problems, in my opinion

Twelve year olds would have much hotter memes. Musk’s are straight up boomer-class, it’s just rare you see billionaires fielding any memes at all.

True, my 13 year old probably doesn't even recognize Bill Gates, or know who he is. And if I explained it to him, he wouldn't care.

He has 83M followers, mainly because of his memes. He isn't interested in your super hot memes that only 5 people in the world understand.

Exactly - it’s not how well the bear dances, it’s that it dances at all.

I am aware what his twitter is like - but he can just shoot those off from the hip with no oversight - would he just be able to ban some person without someone pushing back, or explaining to him why it might be a bad idea? I would imagine he would be at least a couple of steps removed from being able to do that.

That post seems very savvy to me: If you admit to shorting TSLA stock, expect to be savaged

He called that cave rescuer a pedo

Every politician recorded betraying their professed morals is supporting evidence that power, intelligence and resources don't automatically transmute into shrewdness. Also, he likely believes that sort of consideration is beneath commanding his attention.

From the outside, this was what triggered Musks bid for Twitter in the first place

Given the timing, I do believe that.

He could have just given the kid a car and been done with it.

Twitter shareholders should give ElonsJet a bonus then.

My bet is you're very wrong.

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