The next step for Elon Musk, who has dealt with the purchase of Twitter, is planning how he can implement the new features he has promised, such as making the social network algorithm public and beating bots.
The American billionaire also needs to define how to achieve Twitter testify to everyone on the platform, as he wrote in the statement announcing the agreement he reached with the company on Monday.
Many Twitter specialists are wondering if Elon Musk really understands what he’s getting into by buying the social network. After all, many platforms have been launched in recent years that respect freedom of speech, but many struggle to deal with the toxic content posted there.
This decision [de M. Musk] shows how content moderation annoys people in positions of authorityreviewed professor of technology ethics at Notre Dame University, Kirsten Martin. I would worry about how this would change Twitter’s values.
Moreover, the fact that no one potentially wanted to invest in the company came after Mr. Musk announced his intentions is a sign that many are having a hard time improving Twitter, according to the company. Third Bridge analyst Scott Kessler.
The current platform is very similar to what has been online for the past 10 years. There are a lot of very good people who have tried to make improvements to it, but it hasn’t been easy. It’s probably hard to make a lot of progress.
Mixed reactions
Mr. Musk received an unexpected, but also more abstract, endorsement from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. The former CEO of the company praised Mr Musk’s decision remove Twitter on Wall Street.
” Elon is the only solution I trust. I trust in his mission to expand the light of consciousness. “
Under a tweet with the song Everything is in the right place from Radiohead, Jack Dorsey said that ideas and services Only Twitter matters to him, and he will whatever is necessary to protect them.
Twitter as a business has always been my problem and biggest regret. He is owned by Wall Street and is the advertising model. Its return to Wall Street is a good first stepHe added.
But others familiar with Twitter still say they are excited that the company has accepted Tesla’s boss’s offer.
Twitter will let a man acting like a child essentially take its platformclaimed Leslie Miley, a former Twitter employee who also worked for Google and Apple.
Miley, who was Twitter’s only black engineer in a senior role when she left the company in 2015, also asked if Musk understands the scale of the challenge in the future.
I’m not sure Elon understands what he’s going to buy, Mr Miley added. He may realize that owning Twitter is not the same as wanting Twitter.
Freedom of expression and misinformation
The less rigorous approach to content moderation that Mr. sees. Musk worries to many users that the platform is becoming more of a haven for misinformation, hate speech and intimidation.
Analysts on Wall Street also warned that if Mr. Musk, this can put off advertisers.
Described by Mr. Musk himself as a free speech absolutistbut he is also known to block and insult others on Twitter who question him or disagree with him.
In recent weeks, he has proposed removing content restrictions on Twitter – including those suspended on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s account – while removing the platform’s fake accounts and moving away from advertising as a primary source of revenue.
The future owner thinks he can increase the company’s revenue through subscriptions that give owners of paid accounts a better experience, which could reach a version without Twitter ads.
When asked by people who attended a TED Talk if there were limits to his idea of free speech, Musk said Twitter would respect the various national laws that constitute free speech around the world. .
But more of that will be against my will Delete posts or ban users who violate company policies.
It won’t be perfect, according to Elon Musk, but I think we really want to have the perception that speech is as free as reasonably possiblehe pointed out.
Internet users are reacting
Social network users indicated on Monday their intention to leave the platform if Elon Musk took over. To which he responded on Twitter: Hopefully even my worst critics will stay on Twitter, because that’s what free speech means.
Twitter’s user base – over 200 million people – remains far behind competitors like Facebook and TikTok. The service is popular with celebrities, executives, journalists and global intelligentsia.
Mr. Musk is a devotee on Twitter itself. Its number of subscribers – more than 85 million – has no envy of the biggest stars or politicians.
I’m glad Twitter continues to serve the public conversation. Around the world, and in the stars!written by Jack Dorsey at the end of a series of tweets.
Source: Radio-Canada
