Is Twitter Going to Be More Like Mastodon?

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I don't think that Twitter is going to collapse or like is going to sort of crumble. But again, I think the contradiction inside Elon of being like the poster and the tech CEO, it'll change how Twitter functions. And where I kind of also wonder whether like a lack of an alternative will sort of mean that the way in which we use Twitter will change as well. It's really hard to say because this is part of me that wonders whether like, it would have been better for Elon to just sort of like mostly maintain Twitter the way it was.

Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the mess of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the problem with his solution to blue check privilege, and what we should learn from how he posts.

Hussein Kesvani is a journalist and the co-host of Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts. Follow Hussein on Twitter at @hkesvani.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

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