Posted on 04/09/2022 5:19:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Elon Musk, who recently joined Twitter’s board of directors, sent a cryptic tweet on Saturday asking whether Twitter is “dying,” coming just days after Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes called Twitter a “ghost town” when asked to comment on Musk’s involvement in the company.
Musk, who recently bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter that made him the company’s biggest individual shareholder, on Saturday shared a tweet featuring a list of top accounts on the platform, noting in his caption that they “tweet rarely and post very little content.”
“Is Twitter dying?” Musk asked.
Musk’s surprise move to take a stake in Twitter and later joining its board became one of the biggest tech stories in the past week. The move fueled speculation whether Musk might have plans to shake up the social media giant, whose commitment to free speech he has called into question.
Tweeting to his 80 million-plus followers on March 25, Musk wrote that “free speech is essential to a functioning democracy” and asked his followers whether they believe Twitter “rigorously adheres” to this principle. Over 2 million Twitter users weighed in, with 70.4 percent voting no.
Twitter has been repeatedly accused of censoring some minority and politically conservative viewpoints, claims that the company denies.
Musk’s ascension to Twitter board member was met with calls from prominent conservatives for him to chart a new course at the company.
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I wouldn’t know. I’ve been banned for over a year now.
“If you don’t pay for it, you’re not their customer ... you’re their product ...”
Good point...and same for public schools, as they’re paid for by government.
I would guess that somewhere around 50% of the posts on Twitter are auto-generated bot-posts.
good post easy
I’m glad to see Nunes using his elbows. If he is going to succeed as a tech CEO, he needs to be as big an a$$hole as the others.
The CCP bots are hiding...
“Black Rifle Coffee Co. Woke CEO 👎”
That deserves repeating. LoL, I just followed you. No I don’t post much but I tend to reply.
Yeah, but will it tru!y be positive for free speech? Or is Musk just yanking chains for his own fun and profit?
He asks the question, because if it is, then he’s going to breakup the management, including that traitor foreigner CEO.
That could happen. It would be a big event and bring a lot of action to Truth.
“If you don’t pay for it, you’re not their customer ... you’re their product ...”
Excellent observation. That’s a keeper. 👍
I had nothing to do with Twitter until Trump. I only signed up to get regular updates on his Tweets. The very day he was kicked off I left. Sometimes I think I should have stayed on until I too was kicked out . Kind of an honor badge to have the bad guys reject you.
And what if Musk just buys up the majority of Twitter, and then sells it to DWAC. Then Trump runs Twitter and truth social.
Amen. He’s in over his head, and two of his senior executives quit this week.
My cat has a Twitter account @catsoftwitter. She and Elon follow each other, and it’s lots of fun. Who knows, she could win a Tesla, which no way in h#ll can her mom afford/
Lots of cats over there @catsoftwitter. One of her friends is Putin, the cat whose dad works on the pipeline in Russia. They’re back in the UK now, thank goodness.
I have 2 accounts on Twitter. You would have to go back at least 5 years to find any activity from me out there, probably closer to 10. They still count me as active though.
Their platform sux. I never go there, and for sure many others as well are not participating. That site is a complete nothing. Oh, but it is worth billions.
Oh sure it is.
I wish Musk would buy Facebook and dump the Zuck m’f’er
Multibillionaire genius rocket scientists need a hobby.
Right? If I was gonna shell out that kind of scratch for a company, I wouldn’t buy in then be asking myself “is this place dying?”. XD
rectum? Hopefully Musk damn near kills ‘em!
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