Twitter isn't about people connecting, or even about advertisers and making money. It's about controlling the national conversation. Anything noisy enough on

Twitter isn't about people connecting, or even about advertisers and making money. It's about controlling the national conversation. Anything noisy enough on twitter will be picked up by hungry media of all sorts, so a steady stream of disinformation can exhaust any real governance feedback cycle. Elon bought Twitter so he could be a player in national elections. (And the death of authenticity hasn't been particularly slow. It may be that people who sacrificed time and loyalty are blind to the possibility that it was a complete waste and a huge mistake to enable this.)