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If he wanted to destroy it he could've just shut it down. He's making a lot of personal effort and seems personally invested in it not shutting down (see: recen

If he wanted to destroy it he could've just shut it down. He's making a lot of personal effort and seems personally invested in it not shutting down (see: recent bragging about latest usage stats). He's pretty clearly suffering from a crippling addiction to posting on the site[1] despite it having a massive negative impact on his reputation and legacy. If he had a peer group who truly cared about him they would've staged an intervention by now. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-phone-locked-hotel-safe-stop-tweeting-walter-isaacson-2023-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-phone-locked-hotel...

engineer_22 3y ago
He doesn't want to destroy Twitter, anyone who thinks so is hyperventilating. He's a wealthy capitalist in a society that he sees as having a socialist cancer growing within it. Previous socialist revolutions are reason enough for him to want to control a piece of the mass-communication infrastructure. He wants to be able to broadcast - and so far it's been successful, he can say what he wants now. Making money would be the icing on the cake.