Elon Survives The 'Poison Pill' And Completes Buyout Of Twitter As Platform Reacts With Despair, Hope And Memes

After a rough patch that included a "Poison Pill" to try and stave off Musk's interest in buying the company last weekend, all things seem to be settled as Elon Musk confirms that a deal has been reached to buy the company outright and make it into a private entity.

This caused a great ripple on Twitter, where both fans and enemies of Elon Musk quickly flocked to express their viewpoints on the matter in droves.

BREAKING – Twitter has been sold to Elon Musk and will go private after agreeing to a deal worth $44 billion. pic.twitter.com/vEkGwXTDmt

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 25, 2022

How to deactivate your Twitter account https://t.co/KVLIDkfWBg pic.twitter.com/IWg3Oh1BJp

— The Verge (@verge) April 25, 2022

Here's the note Twitter CEO @paraga just sent employees. Company all-hands scheduled for 2 pm PT to discuss Elon Musk buying the company pic.twitter.com/3WobiWovt5

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 25, 2022

"I don't believe President Trump that he won't be back on there," EMJ Capital President @ericjackson says of Twitter.

He shares his hot take on Elon Musk's deal for $TWTR and the odds of the former president rejoining the platform. pic.twitter.com/1Na1LDIti7

— CNBCOvertime (@CNBCOvertime) April 25, 2022

While plenty of users were going back and forth on what might happen or what should happen next, there were still a lot that were keeping Twitter's essence alive by tweeting jokes, memes and generally making light of the situation while also contributing to the reasons why people care about the situation.

If Canada buys Elon Musk I am moving to Twitter

— Jesse Singal (jessesingal) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1518627536917381120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can’t be on this website anymore if Elon (unethical asshole billionaire) Musk owns it. I’ll be taking my talents to Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok. The social media platforms for people with a little thing called morals.</p>&mdash; Lil Sasquatch (lilsasquatch66) April 25, 2022

If Elon Musk buying Twitter has any sort of significance in your life, log off and go outside.

— 𝓛𝓲𝔃 (@FawnFatale1) April 25, 2022

It would kinda dope if Musk bought Twitter and just shut it off…. Lol

— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 25, 2022

immediately sick of people posting about elon musk buying twitter

— Adam Downer (@AdamEDowner) April 25, 2022

Following the news and confirmation of the purchase, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal sent employees a message noting that a company-wide "all-hands" meeting is set for 2 p.m. PT today to discuss Musk buying the company. What we'll see come from this remains to be seen, but it may lead to mixed reactions among staff, and potentially even walkouts in the near future from those who aren't supportive the deal.

Here's the note Twitter CEO @paraga just sent employees. Company all-hands scheduled for 2 pm PT to discuss Elon Musk buying the company pic.twitter.com/3WobiWovt5

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 25, 2022

Additionally, according to a report by CNBC, Biden officials worry Musk will allow Trump to return to the platform, though this too remains to be seen.