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It seems to me that Musk's "Twitter acquisition will accelerate X", is just a lame attempt to make his apparent acceptance of being forced to buy Twitter to be

It seems to me that Musk's "Twitter acquisition will accelerate X", is just a lame attempt to make his apparent acceptance of being forced to buy Twitter to be part of some pre-planned big brain move, rather than a late night stoner 54.20 joke gone wrong. Twitter's problem is how to remain relevant in a world where the teenagers have already moved on to newer, cooler, apps like TikTok and Snapchat. Repackaging Twitter with clones of TikTok and Snapchat seems highly unlikely to work. See FaceBook and Google's failed attempts to capture the TikTok user base. Turning Twitter into a 4chan-like "free speech" haven, infested by Trump and the MAGA crowd doesn't seem it would exactly add to the attraction. Making Twitter users pay per tweet (another Musk suggestion) ain't gonna do it either.

whatshisface 4y ago
From the perspective of Twitter, the presence of groups you hate doesn't pollute the platform, it gives you something to engage with. From the perspective of civilization, it lets people get a little bit of perspective (including, in fact primarily, nuts).
- bombcar 4y ago
  Nobody cares about groups they hate being there. They hate groups they hate getting attention, and worse, people agreeing with them. And so those groups must go.
- HarHarVeryFunny 4y ago
  It depends on what Musk wants to do with Twitter. If he doesn't care about profits and just wants to use it as an attention whoring outlet, then perhaps it doesn't matter so much, although I'd guess it's MSM being willing to publicize tweets that is the real attraction. However, if Musk's goal (or, at least, one of his goals) is turning Twitter around as a company and making money from it, then keeping it family/advertiser friendly is very important. There's a reason Coca Cola isn't adverting on 4chan (or Truth social for that matter), nor is MSM promoting it.

whatshisface 4y ago

From the perspective of Twitter, the presence of groups you hate doesn't pollute the platform, it gives you something to engage with. From the perspective of civilization, it lets people get a little bit of perspective (including, in fact primarily, nuts).

bombcar 4y ago
Nobody cares about groups they hate being there. They hate groups they hate getting attention, and worse, people agreeing with them. And so those groups must go.
HarHarVeryFunny 4y ago
It depends on what Musk wants to do with Twitter. If he doesn't care about profits and just wants to use it as an attention whoring outlet, then perhaps it doesn't matter so much, although I'd guess it's MSM being willing to publicize tweets that is the real attraction. However, if Musk's goal (or, at least, one of his goals) is turning Twitter around as a company and making money from it, then keeping it family/advertiser friendly is very important. There's a reason Coca Cola isn't adverting on 4chan (or Truth social for that matter), nor is MSM promoting it.