Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

[Common Sense 1]

Ideas Musk had about Twitter before he was thinking about buying it.

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter​

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

Potential changes to the social media platform include ending permanent bans and limiting content moderation.

www.axios.com

State of play: Before he announced he had made an offer for Twitter, Musk had talked about the things he would want to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.

Here's a look at everything Musk said he wants to change about Twitter:

An edit button​

Long-form tweets​

Spam bots and authentication​

Open-source algorithm​

Content moderation​

Read the story for all the details.

 

[less right]

"Content moderation". The diplomatic way to say free speech is what we say it is.

 

[Superfly]

"Content moderation". The diplomatic way to say free speech is what we say it is.

Yeah you picked up on that, too?

 

[Loulit01]

Beyond speech issues, Twitter faces questions about its business. For years, the company has struggled to gain new users and to keep people coming back to the service. Its advertising business, which is the main way Twitter makes revenue, has been inconsistent. Twitter has not turned a profit for eight of the last 10 years.

Elon Musk and Twitter Reach Deal for Sale: Live Updates

Twitter agreed to be taken over at $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the share price before it was revealed that Mr. Musk had been buying up the company’s stock.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Napoleon]

Beyond speech issues, Twitter faces questions about its business. For years, the company has struggled to gain new users and to keep people coming back to the service. Its advertising business, which is the main way Twitter makes revenue, has been inconsistent. Twitter has not turned a profit for eight of the last 10 years.

Elon Musk and Twitter Reach Deal for Sale: Live Updates

Twitter agreed to be taken over at $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the share price before it was revealed that Mr. Musk had been buying up the company’s stock.

www.nytimes.com

No business owned by Elon Musk yields an annual profit so I doubt he cares about that.

 

[Chillfolks]

"Content moderation". The diplomatic way to say free speech is what we say it is.

So not much change from current policy

 

[NatMorton]

This is such good news.

 

[NatMorton]

Yeah you picked up on that, too?

And you haven’t noticed the politically biased censorship Twitter has imposed up to this point?

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Ideas Musk had about Twitter before he was thinking about buying it.

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter​

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

Potential changes to the social media platform include ending permanent bans and limiting content moderation.

www.axios.com

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State of play: Before he announced he had made an offer for Twitter, Musk had talked about the things he would want to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.

Here's a look at everything Musk said he wants to change about Twitter:

An edit button​

Long-form tweets​

Spam bots and authentication​

Open-source algorithm​

Content moderation​

Read the story for all the details.

He also said he's going to make it a subscription service.
That boils down to YOUR reach being about how much read YOU CAN AFFORD.

So, is it going to be something like this?

"You can tweet to up to TEN of your friends or followers with your FREE Twitter subscription!
To unlock 100, $29.95/mo & for $79.95/mo it's unlimited!"

So is it going to be "libertarian Twitter" where $$$ counts more than anything else?
In other words, will Twitter Blue be the default?

Twitter: Why Elon Musk has been so keen on taking control

The billionaire has called for a series of changes from relaxing Twitter's content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.

www.bbc.com

 

[Deuce]

And you haven’t noticed the politically biased censorship Twitter has imposed up to this point?

The far right thinks its biased because they're biased. Boring.

 

[NatMorton]

The far right thinks its biased because they're biased. Boring.

Can’t speak for the far right, but there is no doubt that Twitter’s censorship is politically biased. IMO, it’s rather dishonest to claim otherwise. Examples are not hard to find.

 

[Deuce]

Can’t speak for the far right, but there is no doubt that Twitter’s censorship is politically biased. IMO, it’s rather dishonest to claim otherwise. Examples are not hard to find.

They're biased against dangerous misinformation, not being conservative

 

[NatMorton]

They're biased against dangerous misinformation, not being conservative

Absolute rubbish, and I think you know it.

 

[j brown's body]

They're biased against dangerous misinformation, not being conservative

Sadly, there's not much difference anymore.

 

[NatMorton]

Okay, who didn’t see this coming?



I’ll say this much. It is a rather sad state of affairs that an eccentric South African billionaire cares more about the free expression of ideas than does my own Senator.

 

[Deuce]

Absolute rubbish, and I think you know it.

Absolute rubbish, and I think you know it.

 

[Deuce]

Okay, who didn’t see this coming?

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I’ll say this much. It is a rather sad state of affairs that an eccentric South African billionaire cares more about the free expression of ideas than does my own Senator.

LOL, right wingers have been screeching to "hold big tech accountable" for years.

 

[smallvoice]

LOL, right wingers have been screeching to "hold big tech accountable" for years.

And congress didn't, so Elon grasped their testicles ever so gently....

 

[NatMorton]

LOL, right wingers have been screeching to "hold big tech accountable" for years.

And it looks like Musk is going to do just that.

 

[Manc Skipper]

And you haven’t noticed the politically biased censorship Twitter has imposed up to this point?

Nobody needs extremists.

 

[Deuce]

And it looks like Musk is going to do just that.

LOL, I'm starting to wonder if he's going to be you guys' next cult leader.

 

[smallvoice]

LOL, I'm starting to wonder if he's going to be you guys' next cult leader.

We do tend to gravitate to strong manly men, unlike the limp wristed twits the liberals favor...

 

[jnug]

There are really only a few categories of people that care about twitter:
- propagandists
- politicians
- celebrities
- MSM sifting through tweets for the choicest, most titillating, most provocative tweets from all of the above so they can pontificate on the absurdity ad nauseam

It has remained a small company with little to no increase in asset value. If Musk can make a buck out of it...he will. I will care as much about twitter then as I do today....meaning NOT AT ALL!

 

[Linuxcooldude]

Yes! Free Speech wins! Interesting changes ahead...

Musk has said he's concerned about bias being inherent to Twitter's algorithm — which he said he'd solve with an open-source algorithm.

Musk has outlined his free speech-first vision for Twitter. He said at the TED2022 conference he thinks Twitter should not regulate content beyond what is required by the laws of the countries it operates in.

 

[Roadvirus]

Okay, who didn’t see this coming?

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I’ll say this much. It is a rather sad state of affairs that an eccentric South African billionaire cares more about the free expression of ideas than does my own Senator.

Fake Indian opines. Pfffft.

SATIRE:

Dems Explain They Don't Want Billionaires Controlling Our Media Unless They're Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates, Bloomberg, Buffett, Or Soros

U.S.—Democrats have explained that they absolutely do not want billionaires controlling our media, unless those billionaires are named Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, or George Soros—along with about a thousand other names, according to sources.

babylonbee.com