Musk and Bill Gates "dry fight"!
Both of them are on Weibo hot search, what the hell is going on?
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. associated press
Elon Musk, ceo of Tesla, a giant electric vehicle, bared Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, accusing Gates of not going short Tesla for as much as $500 million.
On Friday, several screenshots of Musk and Bill Gates' text messages went viral online.
The text message came after Musk asked If Gates still had "Do you continue to short Tesla stock at $500 million?" "After that it was issued.
Gates says:
"Sorry, I'm not done yet"
"I want to discuss the possibility of philanthropy".
Musk then replied, "I'm sorry, but I can't take your philanthropy on climate change seriously because you're shorting Tesla, and Tesla is the company that really does business to solve climate change." ”
After screenshots of the text message went viral online, Musk confirmed the authenticity of the text message.
"It's true, but I didn't reveal it to the New York Times, it should have spread from friends."
Musk then tweeted that a photo of Bill Gates was juxtaposed with an image of a pregnant woman's emoji, as if to mock his weight.
Bill Gates and Musk have previously had disagreements on a number of issues, including the tram, the new guan virus, and going to Mars.
However, the two should have no follow-up.
This morning, Musk said he no longer wants to continue the dispute with Bill Gates.
Musk, $44 billion to buy Twitter
On the 25th local time, Elon Musk, ceo of Tesla, the world's richest man, reached an agreement with Twitter's board of directors to acquire it at a price of $54.2 per share, with a transaction value of about $44 billion, and Twitter will become a privately held company.
Musk tweeted on the same day that he hoped the company would continue to provide a platform for people to express different opinions.
In addition, Musk also said that he hopes to make Twitter's algorithm public to clarify the specific logic of content recommendation and blocking.
Musk said, "Twitter is a digital speech plaza where matters of great importance to the future of humanity can be discussed." "
Infographic: Musk Twitter account
Musk buys Twitter, what will happen to the world?
Twitter is a social media widely used across the globe, and not only ordinary netizens, but also multinational dignitaries and business tycoons often post their official messages through Twitter.
The New York Times even described Twitter as "a tool that plays an important role in the world."
According to Reuters, Musk previously said in his speech that "Twitter needs to be privatized to develop."
Admittedly, the "privatization" that Musk is referring to is actually "Musk's privatization."
The New York Times also mentioned that Musk's preference is to run Twitter the way he uses Twitter: there are no restrictions.
The Wall Street Journal said Musk wants to make substantive changes to 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.
Earlier this month, he surveyed Twitter users about whether he wanted to add a tweet editing feature, with more than 4 million users voting, with more than 70 percent of respondents saying they wanted to add the feature.
In addition, Musk also suggested making Twitter's algorithm open source, which means that others outside of Twitter will be able to view the source code and can suggest fixes and changes.
Image source: Screenshot of Musk's Twitter account.
In addition to the "vision" of Twitter's operation, on the 18th local time, Musk turned his attention to all the members of Twitter's board of directors, and he shouted on Twitter, "If my bid is successful, (Twitter)'s board salary will be $0, so you can save about $3 million a year."
TRUMP: Account recovery will not use Twitter
As for the whereabouts of former US President Trump's relevant accounts, as of now, Musk has not publicly expressed whether he will restore former President Trump's Twitter accounts after the acquisition of Twitter.
Trump, however, said that even if the Twitter account is restored, it will not use the platform.
After the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021, Twitter immediately banned Trump's account.
The above content is synthesized from: China News Network (Zhang Mingxin), CCTV News