Where would Twitter go after its takeover by Elon Musk ?

[Marcellin9]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

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[Thomas Kralow]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

After Musk took over Twitter, I admire his drastic reforms, solving complex problems in the simplest way. On the one hand, the traffic star brought in new users, but advertisers withdrew one after another. In terms of financial losses, only Twitter's financial department knows. But as a world-renowned social media and information explosion media, I don't want to be Musk's mouthpiece, because he is too inductive. Of course, I hope that Twitter can become a model of the WEB3 world, bringing new vitality and further development to the blockchain, Bitcoin, and encryption worlds.

[Majestic-milf]

Someplace where he wants it. A place where the platform becomes a "free speech" for all.(as long as it's legal tho). Before you know, Twitter will be raking in an annual revenue of $26.4bn up from it's $5bn. Quite lofty eh, well that's only what Elon Musk can do. Besides, no one has accused him of ever dreaming small.

 We all look on with bated breath and hope to see him turn Twitter to a standard where it would be so popular that it can almost beat the attention people give to Facebook and TikTok.

[worldofcoins]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Elon Musk is a businessman with a short and wide range of thinking and strategy making & a businessman doesn't invest in anything where he can't predict profits. In my opinion, he will lead twitter to a leading top site in terms of social interaction and profit making.

[Anguwa]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Elon Musk is a businessman, and he only cares about making money, which is why all investors put money into his business. He will actually raise Twitter's standards above what they currently are; he may change it and add more cryptocurrency-related features that will make cryptocurrency advertising simpler and may also result in an excessive amount of Bitcoin adoption worldwide because Twitter is a social media platform that welcomes users from all over the world.

[OgNasty]

He’s already stated that he wants to copy WeChat in China. Basically, he wants to implement payments into the Twitter app. Maybe you’ll be able to pay your bills directly and interact with companies regarding assistance directly on twitter. You’ll be able to easily tip meme creators and who knows what else. Maybe Twitter will replace YouTube, Cash App, Tik Tok, Discord, & Facebook all at once. That’s certainly the plan. How successful it will be is anyone’s guess.

[Gyfts]

If it's true Elon's losing 4M USD a day, he might file for bankruptcy and the company will collapse within itself soon enough. Problem with twitter is that it couldn't monetize its users to the extent facebook can so he'll have to rely on Twitter blue revenue which is 8 USD/month. Entire company is dependent on whether Twitter blue can generate sufficient revenue. That is to say, twitter is doomed.

[Findingnemo]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Actually the idea of getting blue tick with fee is a big failure and already they stopped this due to lot of scams happened in a day or two after rolling out the new changes. Also the fired employees sued the company for not following their policies so its actually a lot of mess but what he gained is more attention for the platform so in future if everything backs to normal the users may increase.

[Queentoshi]

... users may increase.

May shows that there is no assurance of that. Some celebrities have already left twitter.

Shonda Rhimes, television producer

Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye.

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) October 29, 2022

Her decision to quit can man make some of the people who idolize her to quit twitter as well.

Sara Bareilles, musician

Welp. It’s been fun Twitter. I’m out. See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one’s just not for me. ❤️🙏🏼

— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) October 30, 2022

We know how far music travels, and Sara Bareilles is a recognized figure in music because she is a grammy nominee and winner, there's no doubts that she will have a good fanbase.

Ken Olin, actor, director, producer

Hey all -
I’m out of here. No judgement.
Let’s keep the faith.
Let’s protect our democracy.
Let’s try to be kinder.
Let’s try to save the planet.
Let’s try to be more generous.
Let’s look to find peace in the world.
💙

— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) October 28, 2022

Toni Braxton, musician

I'm shocked and appalled at some of the "free speech" I've seen on this platform since its acquisition. Hate speech under the veil of "free speech" is unacceptable; therefore, I am choosing to stay off Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for myself, my sons and other POC.

— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) October 29, 2022

She needs no introduction, whosoever loves music know her.

It is very possible that many more people will still leave twitter if another competition comes up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/03/twitter-celebrities-leaving-elon-musk/

[o48o]

He’s already stated that he wants to copy WeChat in China. Basically, he wants to implement payments into the Twitter app. Maybe you’ll be able to pay your bills directly and interact with companies regarding assistance directly on twitter. You’ll be able to easily tip meme creators and who knows what else. Maybe Twitter will replace YouTube, Cash App, Tik Tok, Discord, & Facebook all at once. That’s certainly the plan. How successful it will be is anyone’s guess.

Those are pretty bold predictions when you consider how this started. He didn't think it trough. In fact he didn't even want to buy it at the end. But that would have been breach of contract and he would have to pay $1 billion breakup fee. Mad skillz presented right there on thinking things through.

Now they are kicking employees who criticize the new leadership, so i guess he is pro free speech if it suits him. And the amount of things they f*ed up is so huge it needs many pages of text so i usually pick the latest one.

I certainly HOPE that twitter doesn't burn to the ground but start wasn't optimal and it's not like he is making friends with the great minds who should be working in twitter.

Considering that things wasn't doing that good before he bought it, i really thought he wouldn't make things worse. But we'll see. At least we have still thriving crypto twitter and i see that as very important platform for us, but currently my feed is Musk fanbois, which is annoying.

[ingiltere]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

I think Twitter was already a dying place but after Elon bought it he has a plan to save the app. Changing staff is pretty normal to me, I don't understand why it should be an important news. Paid membership for blue tick is a nice move, if people want to be verified then they should pay. I heard they are losing too much money and that's understandable. Their advertisement system is ineffective, it should be rewritten. I guess Twitter has another chance to stay relevant after Elon's move, otherwise it could've died in a couple of years.

[Marcellin9]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

After Musk took over Twitter, I admire his drastic reforms, solving complex problems in the simplest way. On the one hand, the traffic star brought in new users, but advertisers withdrew one after another. In terms of financial losses, only Twitter's financial department knows. But as a world-renowned social media and information explosion media, I don't want to be Musk's mouthpiece, because he is too inductive. Of course, I hope that Twitter can become a model of the WEB3 world, bringing new vitality and further development to the blockchain, Bitcoin, and encryption worlds.

Ending financial loss and making profits are his motives to change Twitter dramatically. No doubt that what would make all these moves shortly after he bought Twitter. Judging from Elon's plans, it is hard to say that he will prosper the development of Web3 but using Web3 as a tool to reboost the profits and further develop his mater plan of exploring the universe is likely to be on his list.

Someplace where he wants it. A place where the platform becomes a "free speech" for all.(as long as it's legal tho). Before you know, Twitter will be raking in an annual revenue of $26.4bn up from it's $5bn. Quite lofty eh, well that's only what Elon Musk can do. Besides, no one has accused him of ever dreaming small.

 We all look on with bated breath and hope to see him turn Twitter to a standard where it would be so popular that it can almost beat the attention people give to Facebook and TikTok.

It's true that Elon has a great vision, a vision that can probably take us to a far more interesting and diverse place. Whether Twitter can beat Facebook and TikTok and transfer their fans to its fanbase depends on how well Twitter can become more professional and diverse in terms of all the advantages Facebook and TikTok have. We'll see and let's take our time. No good things ever die.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Elon Musk is a businessman with a short and wide range of thinking and strategy making & a businessman doesn't invest in anything where he can't predict profits. In my opinion, he will lead twitter to a leading top site in terms of social interaction and profit making.

Well, a businessman does not have to make profits only in short term, doesn't he ?  Elon will be likely to lead Twitter to a much higher position in the future and I only see profit-making as a means to achieve that goal, not the other way around. Cheers.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Elon Musk is a businessman, and he only cares about making money, which is why all investors put money into his business. He will actually raise Twitter's standards above what they currently are; he may change it and add more cryptocurrency-related features that will make cryptocurrency advertising simpler and may also result in an excessive amount of Bitcoin adoption worldwide because Twitter is a social media platform that welcomes users from all over the world.

I guess Elon Musk is more than a businessman ? To make money is to make sure Twitter survives. Your views about the prospect of Twitter are understandbale. I also believe that the infusion of the more crypto projects on Twitter will generate more positive outcoome. Let's sit tight and be patient.

[tsaroz]

Twitter was dying. Not making a profit. Musk is known for bringing back near dead projects. His ways might seems unusual but he gives his best not to fail. I believe twitter would be more popular under his leadership.

[Marcellin9]

He’s already stated that he wants to copy WeChat in China. Basically, he wants to implement payments into the Twitter app. Maybe you’ll be able to pay your bills directly and interact with companies regarding assistance directly on twitter. You’ll be able to easily tip meme creators and who knows what else. Maybe Twitter will replace YouTube, Cash App, Tik Tok, Discord, & Facebook all at once. That’s certainly the plan. How successful it will be is anyone’s guess.

Exactly. This answer is likely the key to all possibilities. What Elon has been doing about Twitter is absolutely radical. On one hand, he is lavishly firing staff, trying to reduce costs and make sure Twitter survives. Membership that will have to be paid $8/month is touching the serves of many users. I may not like this but it is fully understandable from the point of managing a business. On the other hand, all the new features /modifications & rules on Twitter have transformed it into a new machine that users have to learn to control. I share the open views of all possibilities. Only one concern from now: consistency. No matter how good Twitter may become, please at least maintain all the good things at core. Otherwise even loyal fans will walk away.

If it's true Elon's losing 4M USD a day, he might file for bankruptcy and the company will collapse within itself soon enough. Problem with twitter is that it couldn't monetize its users to the extent facebook can so he'll have to rely on Twitter blue revenue which is 8 USD/month. Entire company is dependent on whether Twitter blue can generate sufficient revenue. That is to say, twitter is doomed.

If Twitter were only dependent on Twitter blue revenue, it would be still unstable in the long term and of course it's doomed. What if Elon brings more revenue channels and makes the revenues continuous ? It seems like he is doing some experiment on Twitter and we'll have to wait for the final result.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

Actually the idea of getting blue tick with fee is a big failure and already they stopped this due to lot of scams happened in a day or two after rolling out the new changes. Also the fired employees sued the company for not following their policies so its actually a lot of mess but what he gained is more attention for the platform so in future if everything backs to normal the users may increase.

Agree. Basically what happened in the few weeks signals a new era in Twitter's history. All the negative things are like a big blood loss for the body and Elon is trying to infuse new blood in time. The body itself is not dead, the only question is whether the new blood is going to work soon. If the transition period is safe to pass, Twitter will be thriving like its prime. If not, tragedy may happen.

... users may increase.

May shows that there is no assurance of that. Some celebrities have already left twitter.

Shonda Rhimes, television producer

Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye.

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) October 29, 2022

Her decision to quit can man make some of the people who idolize her to quit twitter as well.

Sara Bareilles, musician

Welp. It’s been fun Twitter. I’m out. See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one’s just not for me. ❤️🙏🏼

— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) October 30, 2022

We know how far music travels, and Sara Bareilles is a recognized figure in music because she is a grammy nominee and winner, there's no doubts that she will have a good fanbase.

Ken Olin, actor, director, producer

Hey all -
I’m out of here. No judgement.
Let’s keep the faith.
Let’s protect our democracy.
Let’s try to be kinder.
Let’s try to save the planet.
Let’s try to be more generous.
Let’s look to find peace in the world.
💙

— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) October 28, 2022

Toni Braxton, musician

I'm shocked and appalled at some of the "free speech" I've seen on this platform since its acquisition. Hate speech under the veil of "free speech" is unacceptable; therefore, I am choosing to stay off Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for myself, my sons and other POC.

— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) October 29, 2022

She needs no introduction, whosoever loves music know her.

It is very possible that many more people will still leave twitter if another competition comes up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/03/twitter-celebrities-leaving-elon-musk/

All true. If the new changes may not go in the right direction, Twitter will be doomed. Is there any reliable source that can show all the user numbers Twitter gains and loses every month ? Just curious, no big deal.

He’s already stated that he wants to copy WeChat in China. Basically, he wants to implement payments into the Twitter app. Maybe you’ll be able to pay your bills directly and interact with companies regarding assistance directly on twitter. You’ll be able to easily tip meme creators and who knows what else. Maybe Twitter will replace YouTube, Cash App, Tik Tok, Discord, & Facebook all at once. That’s certainly the plan. How successful it will be is anyone’s guess.

Those are pretty bold predictions when you consider how this started. He didn't think it trough. In fact he didn't even want to buy it at the end. But that would have been breach of contract and he would have to pay $1 billion breakup fee. Mad skillz presented right there on thinking things through.

Now they are kicking employees who criticize the new leadership, so i guess he is pro free speech if it suits him. And the amount of things they f*ed up is so huge it needs many pages of text so i usually pick the latest one.

I certainly HOPE that twitter doesn't burn to the ground but start wasn't optimal and it's not like he is making friends with the great minds who should be working in twitter.

Considering that things wasn't doing that good before he bought it, i really thought he wouldn't make things worse. But we'll see. At least we have still thriving crypto twitter and i see that as very important platform for us, but currently my feed is Musk fanbois, which is annoying.

Somehow I share most of your views. To Elon Musk, I really have a love and hate feeling. The things that he has done about Twitter are not that good unitl now and I do hope that Twitter can finally go through the hard times. You know what my concern is ? With millions and millions of supporters saying nice things about him, Elon is likely to lose his mind, doing silly things. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

I think Twitter was already a dying place but after Elon bought it he has a plan to save the app. Changing staff is pretty normal to me, I don't understand why it should be an important news. Paid membership for blue tick is a nice move, if people want to be verified then they should pay. I heard they are losing too much money and that's understandable. Their advertisement system is ineffective, it should be rewritten. I guess Twitter has another chance to stay relevant after Elon's move, otherwise it could've died in a couple of years.

Completely agree. I guess changing staff is normal and layoff 50% is the point why so many people are offended and irritated. Charging blue tick membership is no big deal but for most people, they'd rather throw 5 or 10 dollars for a cup of coffee than spend $8/month for social media membership.I just don't get it. Too bad that their advertisement system failed so Twitter has to be where it is now. If Elon could not save Twitter in the near future, everything would be going to collapse.

[Findingnemo]

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You're right though, many celebrities chose to stay away from Twitter but if you think about that in different perspective then its good for the community cause the influence will be lesser if there are less celebrity and it also will become an advantage for the Elon because he will gain more influence and he knows how to monetize that power and reap money from the platform or in another way simply using the fame.

[Lucius]

I deactivated my T account that I had since 2016 like many others who do not want to be part of a platform that under the guise of freedom of speech allows some things that were previously sanctioned and inappropriate. Someone buys the company and can do what they want, but the methods they use are far from what could be called humane, and I personally do not support that, nor do the hundreds of thousands who have already left the platform within just a few days of the takeover. And no, it is not the only social network of this type, there are dozens of alternatives that you can find using any search engine.

In the week after Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion, the social media platform lost more than 1.3 million users.

MIT Technology Review reported the firm Bot Sentinel, which tracks behavior on Twitter by analyzing more than 3.1 million accounts and their daily activity, “believes that around 877,000 accounts were deactivated and a further 497,000 were suspended between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1."

[Marcellin9]

I deactivated my T account that I had since 2016 like many others who do not want to be part of a platform that under the guise of freedom of speech allows some things that were previously sanctioned and inappropriate. Someone buys the company and can do what they want, but the methods they use are far from what could be called humane, and I personally do not support that, nor do the hundreds of thousands who have already left the platform within just a few days of the takeover. And no, it is not the only social network of this type, there are dozens of alternatives that you can find using any search engine.

In the week after Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion, the social media platform lost more than 1.3 million users.

MIT Technology Review reported the firm Bot Sentinel, which tracks behavior on Twitter by analyzing more than 3.1 million accounts and their daily activity, “believes that around 877,000 accounts were deactivated and a further 497,000 were suspended between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1."

In summary, Twitter is not a platform that practices freedom of speech and all new changes will make things worse. Perhaps there is one more issue we may think about: if Twitter or any other social media won't be an embodiment of freedom of speech or anything, just a digital platform where you can only socailize with people, no advertisement, no political talks, no hatred speech, will things get better ? When we need fire to keep warm, it's better to keep this in mind that we may get burned by it.

[Maestro75]

Elon Musk acquired Twitter about two weeks agao and Twitter has been All the news everywhere. His bold moves of firing a big portion of staff, changing major Twitter features and making more modifications are spurring waves of controversy. His supporters and adversaries are quite in fights. Where will Elon Musk lead Twitter ? Is Twitter heading to a wrong direction ?

What is happening at Twitter now is expected. You do not expect someone like Elon Musk to spend such a huge amount of cash on an app and not dictate what will happen there or fire some people, especially those who he felt prevented free press. Twitter will be in a better position with Elon running its control than it was. More changes are expected in time to come too.

[MainIbem]

Personally I m sensing something not too good about the platform after the takeover of Elon Musk, coupled with the news I had he is also planning to charge $8 per month for checkmark on a users profile and this kept me wondering that what if a user fails to subscribe for the next month checkmark or tag what would then happened to their account?
was it to remove the checkmark or what would happen. The social media is not too pleasing to deal with present and I have not been on it for long now and there are two things involved either he faces to lose more users everyday by day or he also sells back to the previous owner due to mismanagement and poor planning coupled with sacking the previous staffs.

[o48o]

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I guess changing staff is normal and layoff 50% is the point why so many people are offended and irritated. Charging blue tick membership is no big deal but for most people, they'd rather throw 5 or 10 dollars for a cup of coffee than spend $8/month for social media membership.I just don't get it. Too bad that their advertisement system failed so Twitter has to be where it is now. If Elon could not save Twitter in the near future, everything would be going to collapse.

Elon already withdrew that idea, because of all the fake accounts. It was stupid idea for many reasons but mainly for that. Others would be: It was free, there would be opening tor competition that would take the users in for free, one that wouldn't have draconian corporate culture, and one that people and advertisers would happily support. If facebook suddenly turned to paid version, there's no way people would use that anymore. Users rather create telegram/discord groups and chat there. I personally wish that people would just use Reddit instead.

But i believe this won't end, Elon is just acting so erratic that he could just cut his losses, and as he won't be getting back advertisements under his command he could even sell twitter forward or something.

Anyway, this train wreck has been hilarious to watch:



Latest tweet probably sums up how this will go: