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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dave S <snapbag@proton.me> <br><br><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>><br>>… If I really wanted to promote free speech I'd do a lot differently than Musk…<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK, how?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…If I were trying to cut losses, I'd obviously cut staff. But I'd also try not to drive away advertisers, the primary source of income. -Dave<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That’s what he did: cut staff and tried to not drive away advertisers. Some left anyway. So now what? The books still don’t balance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looks to me like he will need to cut more staff, but not as much as the first round.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I understand buying the company. It wasn’t just bleeding money, it was gushing it from every artery. Twitter would have folded soon had not Musk attempted a rescue (no guarantee even someone with his formidable business acumen and all around… elan… can pull out of this power dive.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave you proposed doing something a lot differently, then suggested doing what Musk did, and what I would have had to do too. Other ideas?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>