> Elon wants twitteX to be the west's version of WeChat, seems like he's forgetting WeChat is practically used universally in China because it's controlled by t

> Elon wants twitteX to be the west's version of WeChat, seems like he's forgetting WeChat is practically used universally in China because it's controlled by the government and forced on people. I think you have some pretty serious misunderstandings. WeChat isn't popular in China because it's controlled by the government. IIRC, it's popular because it was better than other Chinese social apps. It's only controlled by the government to the extent that everything is controlled by them. It's only "forced" on people to the extent that Visa, the telephone, or Facebook is forced on Americans. In other words: WeChat can't be lazily though of as the Chinese equivalent of Telescreen from 1984, where everyone is forced to have and use one, even through it may function similarly in other ways.