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OMG yes exactly to your first paragraph. In regards to his using Twitter as "free advertising" if we took the stock price before the "420 tweet" ($354.98)and TSLA last share price($235.14) with a difference of $119.84 and calculated Elon's TSLA exposure and how much less he has now(and don't forget the 40 million in fines, etc. etc.)....that's some expensive "free advertising". Can anybody come up with the actual number?
What evidence to you have that Elon has not been complying with the previous settlement all along? Have you read the statement from Elon to the court to that effect? What evidence is there that there will be additional SEC/Twitter drama, especially when the new settlement gives the SEC LESS opportunity to attack Elon and/or Tesla?
Perhaps you are just saying that evidence and facts do not matter, everyone will continue to believe what they read in headlines and ignore the substance? This always happens with every news cycle on pretty much any subject, but if the reality is really different, the issue will fade away.
Without going into a detailed rebuttal...as you stated earlier there is only risk and no upside associated with Elon's desire to act like a teenager on Twitter. I mean, for example(one of so many) if you're say, T Rowe Price, are you going to hold billions worth of stock when the CEO has no problem retweeting a porn site? It just adds another layer of risk for T Rowe Price(I doubt their brand wants to be associated with porn sites). And the risk isn't just what he's tweeted so far...it's what crazy *sugar* he's going to tweet tomorrow...or the next day etc.