Michael SApr 13, 2023
Missing The Point
The difference between NPR and Twitter is that NPR is intentionally a non-profit.
#NPR
Apr 13, 2023 at 2:14amIvory for iOS
Show threadFilthiusApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt LOL! That wasn't very nice! 😅 Pobre Elon.
Show threaddanwestApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt All Things Considered... That's not the only difference.
Show threadsezduckApr 13, 2023
@danwest @MissingThePt
I’m thinking about what the other differences are. Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.
Show threadVerainApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt Especially as I suddenly can't reply to anything over there. Another glitch.
Show threadVerainApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt It eventually resolves itself. Still, annoying.
Show threadScott KraftApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt
Show threadLorin Hochstein Apr 13, 2023

@MissingThePt One of them is a media organization that took in $1.89 billion in government funding last year... and the other one is NPR.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/who-is-financing-elon-musks-44-billion-deal-buy-twitter-2022-10-07/

Who is financing Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy Twitter?

Elon Musk has pledged to in equity and debt financing for his acquisition of Twitter (TSLA.O), which covers the $44 billion price tag and closing costs.

Reuters
Show threadKoochulainnApr 15, 2023
@norootcause $2.265 billion when you include the Qataris as well as the Saudis
@MissingThePt
Show threadRai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 👏 👏 😆
#TwitterMigration
Show threadACAB for Cutie Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt ZING
Show threadMoriApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt #FunnyCauseItsTrue
Show threadAlicePaulApr 13, 2023

@MissingThePt

Ouch. 😹

Show threadMateusApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt honestly I don't care if some software that provides interactions and propagates information being true or not, non-profit or not, I care about competence
Show threadToAllPointsWestApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 🤣🤣🤣
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt NPR also tries to be set-unobjective, sometimes, OMG give me a break. Twitter, on the other hand, is now all about what its overlord defines as good/bad, and his judgment is pretty biased.
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSOD  Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt took me a second to get that, but Musk is gonna need the burn ointment here. If he has any money left to buy some...
Show threadDoxy_cycling, MPH MLSApr 13, 2023

@MissingThePt

🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣

Show threadphlewApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 👏👏
Show threadAdara AstinApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 🔥
Show threadTorMentorApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 🤣
Show threadSaurav ShresthaApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt man lol!
Show threadCat C-BApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt They’re also not run by a fascist.
Show threadAron Pilhofer 🍩Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt Pretty sure NPR has had more profitable years by far than Twitter. Check the 990s.
Show threadVHaschApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt
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Show threadEnby SharkApr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt
Show threadKaren E. Lund 💙💛Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt I have spent most of my career in non-profits, mostly large and well-funded ones. But I did work for one "for-profit" company that went bust a few years after I left. (Not my fault, but I did see the writing on the wall, which was part of my reason for leaving.)
Show threadKosmimatis🔥💍Apr 13, 2023
@MissingThePt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Show threadstoicmikeMay 12, 2023
@MissingThePt And they have been severed, unlike other craven media.
Show threadBill SeitzMay 18, 2023
@MissingThePt many "successful" tech companies lose money, it's crazy
https://twitter.com/BillSeitz/status/1438578419818799126?t=RTQc5CIzqpjtIMB2FWFhSA&s=19
Bill Seitz of FluxGarden on Twitter

“And Asana loses money? https://t.co/7TtCVzIQ8w”

Twitter