Is Twitter Going to Be a Dramatically Different Place?

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The richest man in the world bought twitter, but is it going to be a dramatically different place? "We elon musk delights in us not knowing. I think he probably delights in himself fully knowing what he's going to do" The perennial thing about twitter is that lots of people, people like you and me, are fascinated by It has never been a very good business,. That's maybe the most consistent thing you can say about it.

Elon Musk and Twitter have reached a deal. Recode’s Peter Kafka and Shirin Ghaffary explain what it means for the business of Twitter, and for free speech on the platform.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.

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