CuriositiesAPR 26, 2022

Elon Musk Is Buying Twitter For $44 Billion, Here Are 30 Of The Best Reactions From Its Users

Justinas Keturka and Rokas Laurinavičius

On Monday, Twitter announced that its board of directors unanimously agreed to Elon Musk's offer to buy the social network at a price of $44 billion. The deal brings one of the most influential online platforms under the control of one of the world's richest people.

Musk, who is a prolific Twitter user himself, tweeted the same day that he hopes "even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means."

He has repeatedly criticized efforts to moderate speech on the service, but many people are still unsure what the purchase means for the future of the company.

Scott Kessler, global sector lead for technology media at Third Bridge, for example, said in a statement, "It seems that major changes are ahead for Twitter if Musk succeeds, but the specifics at this point are pretty lacking."

So to paint you a better picture of what all of this means to the internet, we at Bored Panda put together a list of reactions the citizens of the techkingdom had to the news.

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Elon Musk Is Buying Twitter For $44 Billion, Here Are 30 Of The Best Reactions From Its Users

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Twitter shares rose 5.7% on Monday to close at $51.70. The deal represents a near 40% premium to the closing price the day before Musk disclosed he had bought a more than 9% stake.

However, the offer is well below the $70 range where Twitter was trading last year.

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"I think if the company [was] given enough time to transform, [it] would have made substantially more than what Musk is currently offering," said Jonathan Boyar, managing director at Boyar Value Group, which holds a stake in Twitter.

Coming back to the public, a survey of 2,000 Americans by Preply.com found that 2 in 3 people did not want Musk to take control of Twitter. In another survey done by platform OnePulse, 55.4% of 1,000 Americans believe Musk has his own interests in mind about buying Twitter.