What do you think of Elon Musk actually buying Twitter? What does this mean for free speech?

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NaultD · Accepted Answer

He bought it solely out of spite because of that twitter account tracking musk's private jet using publicly available information.

https://t.co/1MCvRDulEI https://twitter.com/ElonJet?s=20&t=H17UDhj5BtuC3QqBN1g48w

That's my head cannon on this matter. He tried buying it from the guy and couldn't reach an agreement. This failed deal got picked up for news and started getting too much attention so the next logical thing for the richest person alive to do is buy all of twitter.

Everyone has that dream of being mega wealthy and gets annoyed with some random person and plot buying out there place of business and fucking them over. Musk is actually following through. I have no evidence of this but I'm following that account with bated breathe.

ODC2112 · Accepted Answer

If he does what he promised to do, i. e. the elimination of bots and the elimination of fake accounts, in this case, having certified accounts for everyone, you can have an elimination of most of the extremist groups that make professional shit-storms.
The first to lose in this are the far-left groups that have dominated until now by deleting anyone who didn't think like them from Twitter. In fact, they are the first to hate any kind of change in this.
The problem with our societies is not freedom of speech, but the absence of freedom of thought.

CandiceK · Accepted Answer

I don't think this has anything to do with money, but having said that, everything Elon touches turns to gold.

Elon makes it no secret about his hatred for the woke and cancel culture. So I think he's just trying to bring some sanity back into twitter.

It's absolutely ridiculous that terrorist organizations can have Twitter accounts but not the president of the United states.

I remember one time when Nancy pelosi was criticizing Trump for tweeting, and she did this via twitter.

Roxxy99 · Accepted Answer

Personally, I think the only way to have free speech on a social media platform is to make it a paid service, something Musk apparently favors. If the users are funding it and not advertisers, you can have an anything goes attitude. In recent years, Twitter has had problems attracting advertisers as it is. I would think opening up the platform to even more bullying, divisiveness and propaganda would only make harder to maintain that business model.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I think the far left will implode trying to define free speech to exclude white males, and the far left will look even more ridiculos as a result. I am really looking forward to November!

DARKCLOUD1945X · Answer

Hopefully so free speech has been as rare as hen's teeth on that venue if it is a foggy day and you wish for sun your banned for weeks because of THEIR community standards which changes every other second. God help you if you have a name they do not like. Let's see what this man does before people start screaming about him. A least give him a chance to show his true colors. right now, he has not started anything, yet he just might fool everyone by keeping his word which would be a breath of fresh air instead of the usual bullshit.

NathanDavis · Answer

people want a better circus... I think that's what he is going to bring... gotta make money somehow

by the way... he is also aiming to verify and authenticate every single use of Twitter, that could mean he is about to get all of that personal information and then sell it to the best buyers

but who knows really, time will tell and then we'll see

DarkWinterNights · Answer

Elon isn’t a good person and I don’t like him very much. His Tesla fans are obnoxious and he manipulates stock prices for his benefit and only really cares about himself.
But he is a million times better than the evil people currently at Twitter. When I was on Twitter I was constantly harassed and unfairly targeted. I would get banned for literally nothing while people who literally threatened me got away with it. I hope Elon replaces every single person at Twitter.

ChiTown33 · Answer

I don't know for certain. I'm in the high enough range that I'm starting to feel it now. I've read it starts @ 1.2 million. But really I'd say it kind of depends on what you consider "avg." I mean I have a relative that I swear if he had 10 million he'd find a way to spend it ALL, lol.
According to John Goodman in " The Gambler" it's 2.5 million.

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

I'm in favor of it, because I strongly support free speech.

t-8900 · Answer

It's a step in the right direction for free speech. Eventually the opposition will have to deal with the fact that not everyone lives in or loves the little hellscape they have created

exitseven · Answer

I think he will make the comapny more profitable. alienating half the population was not a very good business model. I hope he is serious about the free speech part.

joeldalton · Answer

Hopefully it’ll work out. But a shit show is always fun to watch.

888theGreat · Answer

means Trump wins because they can't block him and everyone will hear truth about scum Democrats using drugs, having sex with kids, inside deals, and not following rules they set for everyone else.

TheLastRhodesian · Answer

Excited to see the progressive feminist collapse begin..  Taking Twitter away from progressive feminists is like pouring holy water on demons.

Browneye57 · Answer

Best news of the year.  Just wait till the rest of the shit goes down. It won't matter anyway.

AllThatSweetJazz · Answer

It’s a chance for things to be better, but we won’t know until good things start happening.

kinggeorge007 · Answer

So he can block the guy who follows him on flight radar 24. Silly

noohair · Answer

The professional political overseer class will try to destroy him.

BLP11520 · Answer

Better for free speech, conservative thought will not be suppressed

Guy13 · Answer

Lateral move from Elite to Elite.. PRESIDENT USA…

fireforeffect · Answer

I love it!! Twitter was censoring conservative thought, and I believe that will stop.

England4eva · Answer

It’s media. The potential is unbelievable.

Babygirl_S · Answer

I don't use Twitter so I don't care.

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