Twitter is very valuable because there are a lot of casual users who can like see the memes that you tweet and like mean some like low touch way be fans of yours. If Twitter had charged Elon Musk $1,000 a month last year to use Twitter, he would have paid it, right? He's rich and he loves Twitter. So something is there. But doesn't that take away from this town square idea of Elon's talking about if everyone gets to have their filtered Twitter or not? Does that take away if everyone's not in the same cesspool swimming around together? I don't know which one is more valuable to more people, but like you could. Probably the high racism
The Twitter deal is done, and Elon Musk is now, officially, “Chief Twit.” Bloomberg Opinion columnist and “MoneyStuff” writer, Matt Levine, has been analyzing the deal (and the drama) over the past seven months. Now, Matt and Kara consider what the future of the social media platform might look like under Musk. They discuss whether Elon’s seemingly genuine belief in the utility of Twitter, paired with his business and engineering acumen, will be a game changer for the company. And they discuss how his principles will drive big decisions ahead, including potentially reversing the platform's ban of Donald Trump.
Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema talk about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the rising tide of violence against politicians. Plus, Kara gives Elon some unsolicited advice on the business, including how to avoid a version of Twitter that would make even Kara quit her favorite social media platform.
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You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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