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This is rather confusing to me. Earlier this year he seemed pretty set on the idea of allowing whatever's legal, making Twitter all about free speech. But now

This is rather confusing to me. Earlier this year he seemed pretty set on the idea of allowing whatever's legal, making Twitter all about free speech. But now it'll just get some minor changes? If it's true, why the change of heart?

tomcam 4y ago
As your namesake understood intimately, we can’t know it’s in someone’s heart. And as a reasonable modern observer should understand, Elon makes frequent course adjustments. Not only don’t we know how it’s going to work out, my guess is he doesn’t know either at the moment.
encryptluks2 4y ago
He didn't Twitter profitability required partners that would demand more.
sangnoir 4y ago
His money is now on the line: He has sunk $44B and has to get it back somehow. It is no longer a cute thought experiment, but cold, harsh reality.
- IanCal 4y ago
  You might be right, though I do wonder how much Elon and Zuckerberg look at risks and think "doesn't matter I'll still be insanely wealthy". He has to deal with actual issues if he's bought Twitter, I agree, but I don't know if the financial incentive is so key, even with borrowed money.
- megablast 4y ago
  He did't sink 44b, more like 33b.
  - fknorangesite 4y ago
    Thanks for the correction; this changes everything.
- silisili 4y ago
  Don't see it happening in his lifetime...unless he changes it radically and just bought it for the user base, which honestly is probably closer to the truth. Even if he fired everyone, and got free hosting, it would take nearly a decade to get that back. But that's obviously not realistic.
vkou 4y ago
Because as an outsider, he doesn't like any restriction of his speech, but as an insider, he doesn't like speech critical of him. I expect Twitter to continue canceling people for holding the wrong opinions, it's just that the definition of wrong will flip.
mikkergp 4y ago
I think his goal is to figure out how to do this and keep it sane and keep the advertisers and grow the membership. It will take a long time to get there, and Twitter will have to look very different to get there.
micromacrofoot 4y ago
well he did just put the company he bought $13bn more into debt, good to take a breather https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-seen-swelling-the-companys-debt-11666609106 https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-see...
scaramanga 4y ago
It may be time to consider the possibility that you have been reading far too much in to the inane witterings of one of the world's most prolific compulsive liars and fantasists.

tomcam 4y ago

As your namesake understood intimately, we can’t know it’s in someone’s heart. And as a reasonable modern observer should understand, Elon makes frequent course adjustments. Not only don’t we know how it’s going to work out, my guess is he doesn’t know either at the moment.

encryptluks2 4y ago

He didn't Twitter profitability required partners that would demand more.

sangnoir 4y ago

His money is now on the line: He has sunk $44B and has to get it back somehow. It is no longer a cute thought experiment, but cold, harsh reality.

IanCal 4y ago
You might be right, though I do wonder how much Elon and Zuckerberg look at risks and think "doesn't matter I'll still be insanely wealthy". He has to deal with actual issues if he's bought Twitter, I agree, but I don't know if the financial incentive is so key, even with borrowed money.
megablast 4y ago
He did't sink 44b, more like 33b.
- fknorangesite 4y ago
  Thanks for the correction; this changes everything.
silisili 4y ago
Don't see it happening in his lifetime...unless he changes it radically and just bought it for the user base, which honestly is probably closer to the truth. Even if he fired everyone, and got free hosting, it would take nearly a decade to get that back. But that's obviously not realistic.

vkou 4y ago

Because as an outsider, he doesn't like any restriction of his speech, but as an insider, he doesn't like speech critical of him. I expect Twitter to continue canceling people for holding the wrong opinions, it's just that the definition of wrong will flip.

mikkergp 4y ago

I think his goal is to figure out how to do this and keep it sane and keep the advertisers and grow the membership. It will take a long time to get there, and Twitter will have to look very different to get there.

micromacrofoot 4y ago

well he did just put the company he bought $13bn more into debt, good to take a breather https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-seen-swelling-the-companys-debt-11666609106 https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-see...

scaramanga 4y ago

It may be time to consider the possibility that you have been reading far too much in to the inane witterings of one of the world's most prolific compulsive liars and fantasists.