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Twitter's Elon Musk takeover saga has only amplified its problems, which stem from a broken business model at odds with the platform's freewheeling nature

Its ill-fated foray into adult content is emblematic of an unpoliceable platform — and a broken business model

Washington Post Will Oremus

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  • @chrizap Chris Zappone on x
    The legions of followers people gained or built up, well, they were gathered on a highly uncertain business model. https://twitter.com/...
  • @willoremus Will Oremus on x
    Twitter has problems with Musk, bots, security, misinfo, and now apparently child sexual exploitation. I wrote about how they're really all part of the same problem: a fundamentally messy platform tied to a business model that can't fund the cleanup. https://www.washingtonpost.co…
  • @marxculture Mark O'Neill on x
    This. Twitter had a philosophical model, a bonkers one but it existed, but it has never had a sustainable business model. https://twitter.com/...
  • @markseibel Mark Seibel on x
    For a major global tech company, one of the few things more embarrassing than being forced to turn to porn to boost revenue is proving incapable of doing so. Great line, @WillOremus https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...