The way that Lydia Carino is used to wooing advertisers is with really big budgets and being able to wine and dine people. And Elon is famously pretty stingy and cheap. So whether he's going to give her those budgets and allow her to work like she's used to, I think it's all like con. She was big on the parties, big on the scene. We'll see if that's going to be how he wants the draw.
Twitter rose to prominence as a global public square that helped enable the Arab Spring, but Elon Musk has changed all that. The platform is complying with governments more, and a murky algorithm and blue check jungle makes it feel less relevant and less reliable than ever before.
Nayeema and Kara break down how the fruit has fallen and where it may eventually land (Yahoo Mail, anyone?) with Zoë Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, and Ryan Mac, The New York Times’s tech and accountability reporter, who was among those banned by Musk back in December.
Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on Instagram — yes, Instagram, it’s better than Yahoo Mail — we’re @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza
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