Musk entered Twitter at a time when the company was in its early days. He has no interest in really understanding how other people use the platform and what their experience might be, he says. Instead of hyping up the benefits of Twitter blue, it is marketed as a way to antagonize old blue check marked users," Musk said. "It's the most ridiculous business plan I've ever heard of my life"
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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