After Tesla CEO Elon Musk secured a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion, netizens have been reminded of his dream to buy the social media platform way back in 2017. Dave Smith, the host and producer of an audio news brief, has shared a screenshot of his exchange of words with Musk five years ago. “This exchange continues to haunt me,” wrote Smith as he shared the screenshot of his conversation with Musk.
This exchange continues to haunt me pic.twitter.com/W06oSqx0MR
— Dave Smith (@redletterdave) April 25, 2022
The screenshot has gone viral on social media, leaving netizens amazed by the exchange and many commented saying, “You did it.” Twitter user Aimee Pearcy asked Smith, “How does it feel knowing that all of this was entirely your fault?” He responded saying, “Honestly Aimee, not great!”
Honestly Aimee, not great!
— Dave Smith (@redletterdave) April 25, 2022
— Nick (@NickPrato) April 25, 2022
Love how Elon casually asks the price, as if its a block of cheese
— niel the expat (@nieltheexpat) April 25, 2022
This is the Power of Dreams…👍
Dream come True for @elonmusk…😁 https://t.co/pIpPWvNzQn— COMMON MAN (@nazir28) April 26, 2022
Good job, Dave. You were definitely the kid who reminded the teacher about turning in homework huh? https://t.co/rxZhBPHPBH
— Dylan Park (@dyllyp) April 25, 2022
The tweet posted Monday evening has garnered more than 8.3 lakh likes so far.
On December 21, 2017, after the SpaceX CEO tweeted, “I love Twitter”, Smith urged him to buy it. Musk went on to ask, “How much is it?”
I love Twitter
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2017
How much is it?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2017
Netizens were left confused about Musk’s comment about buying Twitter then. “Don’t end up buying it :D We love the freedom!” commented a user in 2017. “If you buy twitter. Then we may finally get an edit button,” wrote another user in 2018.
are you going to buy it
— Brad Sams (@bdsams) December 21, 2017
Fix service centers and build quality first dude.
— #zeropercentclub (@ewwgaas) April 16, 2022
don’t do it. You should buy bitcoins😀
— Jalaj nagar (@Jalaj__nagar) December 24, 2017
About $18½ billion pic.twitter.com/8SYGyc7dm4
— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) December 21, 2017
On April 16, the billionaire commented with an upside-down face emoji to his 2017 question to Smith. And Tesla Owners Silicon Valley commented on its Twitter handle, “Might as well make this a match made in heaven and take the company.”
🙃
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2022
Might as well make this a match made in heaven and take the company
— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) April 16, 2022
Mission accomplished
— R. Rex Emmanuel (@RRexEmmanuel1) April 26, 2022
There is planning.
There is strategizing
There is working towards something.
There is achieving your goal.
Eyes on the ball since 2017.— © Healthcommunicators (@healthcommng) April 25, 2022
Well it took you 5 years to buy it…..some serious goals you got there 🔥
— Adarsh Kumar (@adarsh_ak_17) April 26, 2022