I don't think that's it. The article is speculating. I do believe, maybe a bit naively, that Elon is actually doing this because he believes in free speech to p

I don't think that's it. The article is speculating. I do believe, maybe a bit naively, that Elon is actually doing this because he believes in free speech to protect democracy. He has said, on numerous occasions, that he wants to advance society and make humans multi-planetary. And if that's due to his ego and how he wishes to be remembered then God bless his ego. He has made an amazing amount of interesting things happen! Remember, he was part of Trump's advisory board, even for a short while. Whatever he learned might influence his decision. And I bet they are going to reverse a lot of bans... Since Twitter doesn't make money and he's paying a lot of money for it, I wonder how he will turn such a large machine profitable specially when I believe Twitter have a large number of employees that oppose Elon's agenda. This is the most perplexing part to me. Making Twitter a better place is a good thing though and it is a place where I've spent considerable time. I've been temporarily banned for using the wrong word combination in Tweets and I find that disgusting. I hope Elon can take the user base and improve on it. I do think that this overly suppressive direction Twitter has taken over the past time is the wrong choice. I am cautiously optimistic.