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  1. PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer: (paulatothepeople@climatejustice.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:53:37 UTC PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer: PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer:

    Hey everybody. I'm writing up an article about the current Musk-Twitter-Fediverse situation for the #JoinFediverseWiki.

    I got some information from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk but I want to include a lot more about the Fediverse.

    What instances had trouble? Which new instances arose? Which famous people joined the Fedi? What else should I include?

    In conversation Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:53:37 UTC from climatejustice.social permalink

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    1. Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
      On April 14, 2022, business magnate Elon Musk proposed to purchase social media company Twitter, Inc., for $43 billion, after previously acquiring 9.1% of the company's stock for $2.64 billion, becoming its largest single shareholder. Twitter had then invited Musk to join their board of directors, which Musk accepted before changing his mind. In response to Musk's proposal, Twitter announced a "poison pill" strategy the next day to allow shareholders to purchase additional stock in the event a buyout should occur. On April 25, Twitter's board of directors unanimously accepted Musk's buyout offer of $44 billion, with the company set to be privatized. As of April 2022, the acquisition is pending approval from regulators and shareholders. Background Elon Musk published his first tweet on his personal Twitter account in June 2010, and had more than 80 million followers at the time of the purchase. In 2017, in response to a tweet suggesting Musk buy Twitter, he replied, "How much is it?"On March 20, 2022, the Twitter account of conservative satire website The Babylon Bee was suspended for referring...
    • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:54:30 UTC Tagomago Tagomago
      in reply to
      • Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto:
      • stux⚡
      • Florian Schmidt

      @schmidt_fu @PaulaToThePeople @stux I believe mastodon.art also had to upgrade, @Curator?

      In conversation Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:54:30 UTC permalink
    • Florian Schmidt (schmidt_fu@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:54:41 UTC Florian Schmidt Florian Schmidt
      in reply to
      • stux⚡

      @PaulaToThePeople
      On mstdn.social @stux did some hefty hardware upgrades to keep up with the load.
      I also heard some announcements from mastodon.social about full sidekiq backlogs.

      In conversation Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 16:54:41 UTC permalink

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