news.ycombinator.com• Nov 6, 2022• 1 min read
Is Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter the News Event of the Year?As someone who had a Twitter account several years ago but lost interest in it and haven't posted in about 2 or 3 years, I was under the impression it was just YASMS [Yet Another Social Media Site]. And that Elon Musk's takeover was just another case of "One rich turd buying another rich turd's company".But judging by the amount of coverage it's been getting in the press --and not just the tech press. I'm talking all the main news channels too-- I'm beginning to feel like everyone else but me seems to consider this the most newsworthy event of the year. Right up there with the Russian ivasion of Ukraine.Only a couple of days ago, I heard an interview on a national UK radio news station with a soon-to-be-ex Twitter employee which seriously ran for about 20 or 30 minutes. And this was just some guy who worked there, speculating about the company's future. Not a top executive or anyone with any real info.And, as for the tech press. Well, it's almost becoming a challenge to find a story wh