Twitter was the only place that got involved in saying, hey, this person on this platform, that's actually them. And because of that, celebrities came here. I don't think he thought of these people because he clearly acquired Twitter from the standpoint of this right wing bubble he's in. When he tried to back out and Twitter sued him, we got to see some of his private text messages that had to be released as part of the lawsuit. Among those texts were numerous texts quite clearly stating the sort of really right wing driven reasons he bought the website.
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Binder to discuss Elon Musk’s first six months at Twitter and how his obsession with blue checks has decimated the company’s finances.
Matt Binder is a reporter at Mashable and the host of Scam Economy and Doomed. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBinder.
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