I know nothing about this Halli guy, but some folks on Reddit were saying that he's actually a pretty big deal in Iceland. He's got a reputation as a sort of hero philanthropist over there after building a bunch of wheelchair ramps or something. The details really aren't important - the point is that he basically has the reputation that Elon feels like he deserves and I guarantee you that's what this was all about before the lawyers stepped in.
"How could people love this loser more than me? He doesn't even have his own failing social media company!"
And now Twitter's on the hook for a hundred mil. Beautiful.
I think you hit the nail on the head. When twitter bought his company he took the money in wages so he could pay more taxes into icelands social services. He's also opening a restaurant in Reykjavik. Same type of reaction to the cave diver.
I know nothing about this Halli guy, but some folks on Reddit were saying that he's actually a pretty big deal in Iceland. He's got a reputation as a sort of hero philanthropist over there after building a bunch of wheelchair ramps or something. The details really aren't important - the point is that he basically has the reputation that Elon feels like he deserves and I guarantee you that's what this was all about before the lawyers stepped in.
"How could people love this loser more than me? He doesn't even have his own failing social media company!"
And now Twitter's on the hook for a hundred mil. Beautiful.
I think you hit the nail on the head. When twitter bought his company he took the money in wages so he could pay more taxes into icelands social services. He's also opening a restaurant in Reykjavik. Same type of reaction to the cave diver.