This just makes no sense to me. Like other decisions he’s made, like removing blocks or adding video calls, there’s at least a reason. I may not agree with the reason, and think he is a bumbling fool, but at least I can understand it.
But this just makes no sense. It’s almost like he’s trying to be a cartoon villain
Not sure what doesn’t make sense here? He’s a fascism-sympathizer. He wants to influence elections. His investors–the Saudis–very much want to influence elections. The ability to report misinformation competes against the ability to influence elections. The solution to that problem is to disable the ability to report. Makes sense to me.
It only doesn’t make sense if you think he’s doing any of this for commercial reasons.
You’re giving Elmo too much credit as this Machiavellian character. Ordinary capitalist. Appeasing your investors is the most common commercial reason. It’s just that advertisers can’t really provide twitter with business anymore on account of his bigoted optics, but dangerous governments can.
This just makes no sense to me. Like other decisions he’s made, like removing blocks or adding video calls, there’s at least a reason. I may not agree with the reason, and think he is a bumbling fool, but at least I can understand it.
But this just makes no sense. It’s almost like he’s trying to be a cartoon villain
Can’t wait to see him unveil his new enterprise of building a giant thruster on one side of the planet to send us closer to the sun.
Not sure what doesn’t make sense here? He’s a fascism-sympathizer. He wants to influence elections. His investors–the Saudis–very much want to influence elections. The ability to report misinformation competes against the ability to influence elections. The solution to that problem is to disable the ability to report. Makes sense to me.
It only doesn’t make sense if you think he’s doing any of this for commercial reasons.
You’re giving Elmo too much credit as this Machiavellian character. Ordinary capitalist. Appeasing your investors is the most common commercial reason. It’s just that advertisers can’t really provide twitter with business anymore on account of his bigoted optics, but dangerous governments can.
he bought it to dismantle it with his saudi backers. this is exactly as expected, im not sure why anyone is surprised by literally any of this.