Truthfully, I don’t see how anyone may nonetheless have religion that Elon Musk has some grand plan for reviving Twitter, nor that he may probably be the ‘singular resolution’ to save lots of the platform, as once proclaimed by former CEO Jack Dorsey.
As a result of whereas Elon is considered by many to be a genius, and has performed a key function in making important advances in numerous cutting-edge technical fields, his time at Twitter has solely highlighted the truth that he’s compulsive, erratic, self-interested and self-serving, on the grandest scale, which might solely replicate poorly on his total management in any respect of his firms.
Take, for instance, Twitter Blue, and his $8 verification checkmark program. Elon doesn’t care about night the taking part in area and/or giving everybody an opportunity to verify their id, thus enhancing the integrity of the app. Elon hates a few of the people who have already got blue ticks, and he wants cash, so he’s re-framed it as some type of particular deal to get again at these pesky elites who look down upon the frequent people from their adorned kingdom.
Price noting right here that Elon is (or was) the richest individual on the planet, the elite of the elite, and he’s promoting you this story to make much more cash. It’s a money seize, for nearly actually nothing additional – besides extra revenue for him.
Or what about his determination to ban all accounts that share a live location after his younger son was reportedly accosted by a stalker. That call had nothing to do with enhancing the platform, or making it a extra workable, equitable course of. He was upset, he owns the platform, and he modified the foundations, for no different purpose than to make himself really feel higher.
Doesn’t that go towards his free speech ethos that he repeatedly harps on about in his tweets? Sure, sure it does – however what Elon desires, Elon will get.
Then there are the studies this week that previous E was upset when his Tremendous Bowl tweets didn’t get as much attention as Joe Biden’s. So upset was Elon that he sparked an all-hands emergency to handle the imbalance, and threatened engineers’ jobs in the event that they couldn’t repair it.
The outcome? Elon’s tweets at the moment are proven in each customers’ ‘For You’ feed, which Elon himself appears fairly pleased with.
Like, what?
Why do you want this a lot consideration? What previous damages have precipitated you to require adoration and reward at this stage? You will have all the cash on the planet, you would do something, but you spend your time creating memes about your self and forcing folks to take a look at them.
For $44 billion. Billion, with a ‘b’.
Whereas on the similar time, Twitter continues to fracture below the pressure of lowered oversight, together with points with tweet load times, issues with Twitter Blue edits, broken algorithms, advert account errors, and so forth. Twitter itself is more and more being held along with the digital equal of packing tape – but, Elon is sitting in his workplace, calling out ‘who’s the fairest of all of them’ throughout the manufacturing flooring.
I assume, when you’ve got the cash, it’s open season – however absolutely even Elon’s strongest supporters are beginning to query his management, and the deity-like view they’ve of him, primarily based on his previous achievements.
That’s a broader concern with Musk’s Twitter management – it’s exposing him for what he’s, and the way he operates, which is clearly spooking Tesla investors.
However then once more, in response to Elon:
That is the very best Q1 Twitter utilization ever and that’s after most pretend accounts have been suspended
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2023
Might that be true? We don’t know, as a result of Twitter is now not a public firm, and due to this fact doesn’t should listing its efficiency figures. However Elon says it’s. Perhaps it’s.
Both means, force-feeding all customers with your personal tweets can’t be a very good factor, absolutely this received’t go the best way Elon expects, and absolutely this can be a purple flag to anybody who nonetheless believes in his Twitter plan.
Perhaps. In all probability not.
Both means, the Elon Twitter present continues to astound and entertain.
