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What Elon Musk's Twitter Acquisition Could Mean for Users and Employees

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Is It a Good Idea to Allow Twitter's Algorithms to Go Public?

Bobby Allan: Elon musk is a free speech absolutist, and he thinks if there's something that's sort of in the gray area of twitters rules, that just let it be on twitter. So what would that mean for users? I mean, it could unleash a flood of really unpleasant, really harassing, really trolly content. It could make twitter almost unusable, really spammy, a not very fun place to go. i'm not sure how allowing twitter's algorithms to go public is going to stop that.

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