Elon Musk's bid for Twitter appears to be about preserving Twitter as a means for himself and others to continue influencing vast audiences without interference
The world's richest man seems intent on preserving Twitter as a means for himself and others to continue influencing vast audiences without interference.
New Yorker Kyle Chayka
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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You don't say... https://twitter.com/...
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@cengizyar
Cengiz
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“Twitter's option for a non-algorithmic feed and lax approach to content moderation, compared with other social networks, make it more immediately risky to use, like handling a loaded gun. It feels overtly weaponized.” @chaykak https://www.newyorker.com/...
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@susanmcp1
Susan Spector McPherson
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Sometimes Twitter feels like the hot potato of the Internet, or perhaps more like a zone of nuclear radiation. No one wants to take too much responsibility for it https://www.newyorker.com/... via @NewYorker
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@mmarkovitz
Michael Markovitz
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Good piece: “(Twitter) feels overtly weaponized...#Musk wants a #Twitter on which anyone can say anything but that kind of melee is..part of the problem that's causing the service to stagnate. Ownership by 1 of its biggest manipulators wouldn't solve it” https://www.newyorker.com…
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@narne_kumar06
@narne_kumar06
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Why would Elon Musk want to buy twitter ? “Twitter is still at the center of culture-war debates & remains a pulpit from which to t ®0ll public discourse Twitter's status as both a total mess and extremely influential makes it an eternal target: ” https://www.newyorker.com/...
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@alanmillernlp
Alan C. Miller
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“The platform is awful—but its delivery of instantaneous feedback to every passing thought is also addictive. It's exploitative—but its ability to amplify any message is unavoidably powerful.” @chaykak https://www.newyorker.com/... via @NewYorker https://www.newyorker.com/... via…
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@newyorker
@newyorker
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Twitter is a notoriously dysfunctional business. What does Elon Musk want with it? https://nyer.cm/1fskhG0