base, and my source goes, i a deal could happen maybe monday, maybe not. i was like, what are you talking about? i it happened at an - exceptionally fast speed. the board to take a step. back, elon musk put the offer out there without any financing there was a lot of scepticism that it was real, it was - legitimate, and he lined up financing on wednesday, . displayed it on thursday, and all of a sudden it- became very real. and the board was faced i with the decision of looking at its prospect of standing - alone, and what its long term business trajectory was, - and there was this sense that, frankly, it was limited. there s a challenge right now with social media i companies, the advertisingj business is under pressure. they came to the conclusion - that perhaps elon musk was not a desirable buyer, - but he was the only buyer, and the price he was offering posed a better solution - from a number of- business perspectives. once they arrived at that - conclusion and understand
and there was this sense that, frankly, it was limited. there s a of challenge right now with social media - companies, the advertisingj business is under pressure. they came to the conclusion - that perhaps elon musk was not a desirable buyer, - but he was the only buyer, and the price he was offering posed a better solution - from a number of- business perspectives. once they arrived at that - conclusion and understanding, they raced to get a deal done. they were up into the night on monday and signed - the documents shortly i before it was announced monday afternoon. and the deal has been done and the board has accepted the offer. but none of this magics away the tensions between whether twitter is a platform and whether it s a publisher. help us understand how that particular tension placed directly into this emphasis from elon musk on freedom of speech and how he feels like twitter should be doing better on that front. so he even has gone back. and forth in the past couple days, w