• reddig33@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I’d be fine with that. Hopefully it means grandma stops sending me “funny videos”.

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    5 months ago

    “former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, reality show host Kevin O’Leary, and now Frank McCourt”

    What a cast of characters wanting to swoop in an buy this

  • xodoh74984@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Not sure what buying a short form video platform has to do with creating a new internet dedicated to privacy and open protocols, but cool? Maybe he just wants the user base

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    5 months ago

    I hope he spends billions on it only to resell it for millions after the internet moves on.

  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Wild how the most left leaning social media sights somehow keep ending up in the targets of unimaginably wealthy people who stand to lose a lot from simply making the economy fair. Im sure giving the control of information flow to them will be so much better.