Ask HN: Twitter is up for auction, what do you bid?

Did you know that Hackernews has a poll feature? https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

Now I do!

I abstain. There's no amount paid to me, them, charity or otherwise, that would convince me to become the owner of a multimillion user online platform.

I would be willing to take it for as little as $1B. But then I would just shut it down.

All the negativity! Have we forgotten that Tucker's show is on Twitter?

Many people have purposely forgotten. It surely isn't the only Twitter account people immediately ignore or block outright.

Having said that, the negativity gets harder and harder to block and ignore, because it has been growing at such an unmanageable rate.

Other than Mastodon and HN for the most part, I think there are very few places for people who don't lean towards the right. Twitter keeps leaning harder like there's some kind of competition for it.

musk could go a long way towards rescuing his reputation if he'd convert Twitter into a public charity, especially if he puts in place a diverse board.

So... $0

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$420.00