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Is Elon Musk Building A New Social Media Platform? His Tweet Sparks Buzz
India.com ^ | March 27 2022 | Sanstuti Nath

Posted on 03/27/2022 2:10:26 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

Responding to a Twitter user's question on whether he would consider building a social media platform consisting of an open-source algorithm that prioritises free speech, the Tesla Inc CEO said, he is "giving serious thought" to the idea.

New Delhi: There might be a new social media app in the market soon, as eccentric tech billionaire Elon Musk is giving “serious thought” to building one. Responding to a Twitter user’s question on whether he would consider building a social media platform consisting of an open-source algorithm that prioritises free speech, the Tesla Inc CEO said, he is “giving serious thought” to the idea.

Pranay Pathole @PPathole · Mar 26, 2022 Would you consider building a new social media platform, @elonmusk? One that would consist an open source algorithm, one where free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority, one where propaganda is very minimal. I think that kind of a platform is needed. Elon Musk @elonmusk Am giving serious thought to this

Musk’s tweet comes a day after he put out a Twitter poll asking users if they believed Twitter adheres to the principle of free speech, to which over 70% voted “no”. On Saturday, Musk, who is himself a prolific user of Twitter, critisied the social media platform and said the company is undermining democracy by failing to adhere to free speech principles.

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Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to see Twitter taken down or at least lose users on a big scale. Especially if its Musk doing it.

We shall see.

1 posted on 03/27/2022 2:10:26 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Bttt


2 posted on 03/27/2022 2:46:47 AM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: SmokingJoe

Just because Twitter has buzz doesn’t mean another platform couldn’t also have buzz.


3 posted on 03/27/2022 2:54:50 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: SmokingJoe

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/twtr/institutional-holdings?random=623ed78f906cf

Nuff said to my mind.


4 posted on 03/27/2022 3:01:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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I hope so. If Truth Social ever does get up and running, the DC regulators and hack federal judges will TRO it into silence. It will be a huge battle to keep Trump incommunicado.


5 posted on 03/27/2022 4:18:44 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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I think he’s an investor in truth social (dwac)


6 posted on 03/27/2022 4:37:40 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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Someone famous suggested he create or purchase one a couple weeks ago and he responded that it was an interesting thought.


7 posted on 03/27/2022 4:41:07 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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Trump Started a new website last week. Haven’t heard much about it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.masslive.com/politics/2022/02/truth-social-former-president-donald-trumps-new-social-media-platform-launching-monday.html%3foutputType=amp


8 posted on 03/27/2022 4:48:25 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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He should build some open-source voting machines


9 posted on 03/27/2022 4:48:56 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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He told djtjr that someone else needs to do it. There’s a bunch of tweets out there by him hinting st truth social. We shall see soon enough


10 posted on 03/27/2022 5:10:16 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: hardspunned; All
Truth Social https://truthsocial.com is already up and running on iphones and is doing phenomenally well. The Android App is coming soon.

https://townhall.com/columnists/shaunmccutcheon/2022/02/27/truth-socials-opportunity-n2603838

The staggered launch approach is brilliant as it moderates the fake accounts and allows for Trump supporting leaders to claim usernames that are genuine and to begin interacting to assemble their followers.

Of course state controlled media blasted away that TruthSocial's launch was a disaster, what would they be expected to say?

11 posted on 03/27/2022 5:18:35 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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Truth Social works really well. They are letting people in slowly to keep it stable, fix bugs and keep out bots.

Twitter is such a cesspool.

Being on Truth has given me alot of hope for the future of this country.


12 posted on 03/27/2022 5:26:34 AM PDT by justlittleoleme (Pray for our country.)
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what’s really amazing is that TS is only on the apple app in the US, not worldwide yet. It is the ONLY tech platform that landed 1m users in 1 month. The rest took months and months. Just wait til android rolls out, which is what I’m waiting on.


13 posted on 03/27/2022 6:07:02 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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Musk should just buy Twitter and reinstate all accounts banned for thoughtcrime.


14 posted on 03/27/2022 6:10:58 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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Twitter would not be a good investment at this time, Truth social is about to come on line, and Gettr is really taking off!!!


15 posted on 03/27/2022 6:13:40 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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They FINALLY notified me that was was ON I entered my phone got my code but the code page doesn’t work to enter the code sent, so I STILL have no idea what the site is like!! I was 107,000 on the wait list for weeks!!!


16 posted on 03/27/2022 6:18:22 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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I’m #512xxx and waiting. Has Nunes given any target date for total, unlimited access? We sure could use some Truth about now.


17 posted on 03/27/2022 6:36:10 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Drew68
Nope.
You don't buy a venomous snake and try to defang it.
Musk has enough money and smarts to build his own version of Twitter. And he has over 77 million Twitter followers to take with him.
18 posted on 03/27/2022 6:58:28 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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It would not surprise me if everything is run through Star link going forward.


19 posted on 03/27/2022 7:54:20 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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“what’s really amazing is that TS is only on the apple app in the US, not worldwide yet. It is the ONLY tech platform that landed 1m users in 1 month. The rest took months and months. Just wait til android rolls out, which is what I’m waiting on.”

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Whats amazing to me is that spacejunkie2001, for all his zeal, isn’t actually on the platform.

Another thing that is amazing to me is I, like a few million other Apple phone users, we are still on the waitlist. Tomorrow will be the 5 week anniversary since I joined the waitlist. 5 weeks. Some cling to the words of Devin Nunes from a month and a half ago where he said that by the end of March everyone will be let in. That suggests that in one week from last Friday a million + presently on the waitlist backlog plus several million new Android registrants will be on TS.

When I read the story on Fox that Elon Musk was talking about a new company to dethrone twitter I was surprised that in the story nothing was said about TS.

I hope TS is a success but it needs to get itself moving in a forward direction like this week. This isn’t about me personally being on a waitlist, it’s about us looking like a bunch of fools. TS needs to stop dangling the carrot in our faces and start producing.


20 posted on 03/27/2022 8:33:49 AM PDT by fatboy
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