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San Francisco says ‘good riddance’ as X prepares to leave (www.siliconrepublic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's true, but I'd imagine running a site like twitter actively costs money. If advertisers aren't paying, who is? Do they go to their investors and ask for money? For how long could Elon personally afford to run Twitter with all of its development costs?