Is Twitter Really Making Money?

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I don't think many social media platforms do make money. I imagine now most stuff is heading towards TikTok or like TikTok equivalent, which is also why I think Elon is going looking at video as kind of like one of the things he says. Twitter doesn't really make that in terms of its sort of like value as a money-making platform, it doesn't really do that. It's very tricky to sort of monetize it while presenting the idea of like a social, like a genuine social experience.

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.

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