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minus-squarebenlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoPretty sure last time around there were potential buyers. I think Walmart was one of them, and so was Oracle. I imagine we’ll see the same names pop up again.
minus-squareAlien Nathan EdwardlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoif this thing is being sold because it’s a propaganda and data mining risk, selling it to a cohort of government insiders doesn’t make me feel better.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoIf there wasn’t a grift in progress they would have banned it in totality instead of banning only if they dont sell.
Ok who’s gonna buy it?
Pretty sure last time around there were potential buyers. I think Walmart was one of them, and so was Oracle.
I imagine we’ll see the same names pop up again.
Steve Mnuchin.
Long as it aint musk or bezos or gates
if this thing is being sold because it’s a propaganda and data mining risk, selling it to a cohort of government insiders doesn’t make me feel better.
If there wasn’t a grift in progress they would have banned it in totality instead of banning only if they dont sell.