@jhavok@mastodon.social keep in mind that Musk didn't really pay for Twitter. He didn't have that kind of cash, so he had to tap a bunch of others to go in with him to buy the site.

And that's a great example of how these claims about him being the richest man in the world are based on some sketchy accounting that misleads a lot of people about the whole topic. But it makes for sensational stories and it feeds the myth so the claims get promoted even though they're not quite right.

So again, not gravity, it's just that the stories about his wealth are overblown.

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