The future form of war is bound to change, and the future social media form and war may have a deeper integration.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, planning to throw $43 billion.
In response to this news, the US Twitter company announced on April 15, local time, that its board of directors launched a "poison pill plan" to resist Musk's hostile takeover.
Musk wants to buy Twitter
Uncle Hai believes that at the time of the war between Russia and Ukraine, including turkey crossing the border to attack Kurdish forces in northern Iraq and other areas, Musk's acquisition of Twitter is particularly meaningful.
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Musk is targeted by Russia? After the Russian missile cruiser "Moscow" sank into the sea, the Russian side continuously launched missiles at a number of important targets in Ukraine. According to the British "Daily Telegraph" report, a senior Russian official said that the Russian Air Force has received orders to "dismantle" Musk's satellites.
Screenshot of the Daily Telegraph report
The reason is that Musk's SpaceX helped Ukraine sink the Russian missile cruiser Moscow.
The Daily Telegraph alleged that after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Musk said that "StarLink" has been launched in Ukraine, and Ukraine can use broadband services through the "Starlink" satellite.
The commander of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Yevmenov (2nd from right), inspected the rescued crew of the guided-missile cruiser Moscow
On April 16, local time, Russia's Red Star TELEVISION released a video. The commander of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Yevmenov, and the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet received all the officers and men of the guided-missile cruiser "Moscow" in Sevastopol. Yefmenov said here that the officers, warrant officers and sailors on the Moscow will continue to serve. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the tradition of the "Moscow" would continue.
The message from this is undoubtedly that the Russian side believes that the revenge of the sinking of the "Moscow" will be repaid in the future!
There is a head for wrongs, and there is a master for debts. If the Russian side believes that Musk helped Ukraine and caused the Moscow to sink into the sea, what will be the Russian retaliation against Musk? Is it shooting down the "StarLink"?
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Uncle Hai believes that the sinking of the "Moscow" is unforgettable for Russians of the present and the future. After all, this was the first time since the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th century that a Russian flagship of the Grand Fleet had been sunk. The day moscow sank was April 15. Coincidentally, the day Musk announced that he was going to buy Twitter was the day before, that is, April 14.
Twitter said on April 15 that its board launched a "poison pill" program that would allow existing Twitter shareholders other than Musk to buy additional shares at a discounted price. To put it bluntly, even if Musk can buy Twitter, it will have to make him pay a high, or even higher price.
Musk Photo: Russian Satellite News Agency
Previously, on April 9, Twitter's chief technology officer Agravar had disclosed that Musk had bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, and Twitter had appointed Musk as a member of the board, but Musk decided not to join Twitter's board.
Looking back now, perhaps what Agravar said only means Musk's attitude at that time. Or maybe -
Buying a 9.2 percent stake is just the first step in Musk's plans to eat up the entire Twitter company. Musk, who has already practiced the first step, is preparing to complete the "three-step layup" against Twitter.
Bezos Picture: Information
What does Musk want to do?
As Musk bought Twitter stock, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on April 11 that Musk wanted to turn Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco into a shelter. It is worth noting that what Bezos calls a "shelter" is a place where the homeless are really sheltered. Bezos even said Musk was prepared to provide training opportunities for staff aspiring to volunteer.
"Soldiers, tricksters also". Commercial warfare is no exception. I don't know what kind of medicine Musk sells in the gourd. However, at a time when the Russian-Ukrainian war is in full swing and is alleged by the Russian side to help Ukraine fight, Musk's acquisition of Twitter is indeed eye-catching. After all, in the case of the Russian-Ukrainian war, including the Turkish cross-border attack on the Kurds, all kinds of virtual and real information based on social media are fermented on the Internet, which has an effect and a reaction on all warring parties. At this time, Musk mixed in, and it was inevitable that there was a suspicion of "participating in the war".
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War aside, but with the acquisition itself alone, what would the world be like if Musk bought Twitter? The US media "Wall Street Journal" said that Musk hopes to carry out substantive reform of Twitter. The report lists some of Musk's views on improving Twitter's means of operations, for example, Twitter should be more cautious when deciding whether to take down tweets or permanently ban users, and temporary filtering may be a better option.
Musk also suggested adding a Tweet editing feature to fix errors in tweets that have already been tweeted.
Screenshot of Musk's Twitter account
Uncle Hai felt that the situation reviewed by the Wall Street Journal may be only one aspect of the matter. Before the birth of social media twitter, whether it was BBS or blogs, it was called "you sing me out". And when Musk acquires Twitter, will it use wider bandwidth and the "star chain" around the earth to make more preparations for the 5G or even 6G era? The future form of war is bound to change, and the future social media form and war may have a deeper integration. These are all worthy of our attention and have to be guarded against. What's more, in terms of the current "StarLink" and Twitter alone, 1+1 must have a trend of greater than 2.
Will Musk spawn a new empire based on the internet and social media? Is this really a blessing for human beings? If we think about it further, we should think about countermeasures.
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