# Elon Musk snaps up $3bn Twitter stake **URL:** \ **Category:** In The News\ **Tags:** musk, twitter, via-bbc-news-tech\ **Created:** [4 April 2022 16:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413 "2022-04-04T16:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2022 16:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/1 "2022-04-04T16:19:22Z")
> Tesla founder Elon Musk has bought almost a tenth of Twitter shares, worth almost $3bn. Read in full here: > **[Elon Musk becomes Twitter's biggest shareholder](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60979656?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA)** > > Tesla boss Elon Musk has bought almost a tenth of the social media platform's shares, worth $3bn. _This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._ ---
**Author:** ![Carter](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/carter/32/1125_2.png) [@Carter](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Carter)\ **Post date:** [6 April 2022 18:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/3 "2022-04-06T18:16:00Z")
Some background : [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qveg6ZjaSFI/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Elon Musk Wants To Buy Twitter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qveg6ZjaSFI) So to Musk hate-speech==free-speech šŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [6 April 2022 21:31 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/4 "2022-04-06T21:31:58Z")
Well it looks like heā€™s already getting on the nerves of the Twitter team: > **[Twitter confirms it is working on an edit button](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61003270)** > > It comes after new board member Elon Musk asked his followers if they wanted the feature. > I can see a mass walk-out happeningā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![ohm](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/ohm/32/559_2.png) [@ohm](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ohm)\ **Post date:** [7 April 2022 06:40 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/5 "2022-04-07T06:40:28Z")
Iā€™m always amazed at the glacial pace large corporations work. ā€œWorking on an edit feature since last year!ā€. šŸ˜® Why does it take an entire year (and I guess itā€™s not a one man job either) to implement an edit feature? ---
**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\ **Post date:** [7 April 2022 16:39 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/6 "2022-04-07T16:39:18Z")
I donā€™t think they ā€œwantedā€ an edit feature to prevent trolling by someone posting something thatā€™s shared then later changed to say something potentially harmful? ---
**Author:** ![Maartz](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/maartz/32/240_2.png) [@Maartz](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Maartz)\ **Post date:** [8 April 2022 07:08 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/7 "2022-04-08T07:08:53Z")
You can mark the tweet as edited and make the label clickable to see the original one. I think Facebook does this. ---
**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\ **Post date:** [8 April 2022 14:42 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/8 "2022-04-08T14:42:00Z")
> [@Maartz](#): > > I think Facebook does this. So do these forums. ^.^