Elon Musk Ruined Twitter Verification By Making It Cheap and Nonexclusive
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and space traveler, recently acquired the Twitter platform for 44 billion dollars. This was not without controversy. Musk attempted to rescind his offer, but Twitter sued him, basically forcing his hand and making him buy the platform.
Musk took over at the end of October and immediately got revenge by firing almost half of the company’s employees. Now, Musk is trying to rehire some of these employees after realizing he needs them.
I hope they don’t come back.
Musk claims that part of the reason he bought Twitter was so there could be free speech. Clearly, this is his idea of free speech:
Instances of the N-word on Twitter increased by almost 500% in a 12-hour period over the previous average…
Many people, especially Black and POC, have decided to leave Twitter or are contemplating it. Why? Because Musk has already turned Twitter into a more hateful and hostile environment.
Musk has also decided to sell Twitter blue checks, or verification badges, for a paltry 8 dollars a month. This is going to inevitably make Twitter a breeding ground for fake news, misinformation, and conspiracy theories.
