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Paul Topping's avatar

Twitter survives because most of what happens on Twitter has nothing to do with the tiny fraction of it in which all the drama occurs. The same people post and the same people respond. I do notice many people announcing that they are on some Mastodon server or elsewhere but I suspect they are just covering their bases in case something happen. Each has no real intention of leaving Twitter voluntarily.

Musk could kill Twitter but I don't think he will. He entered this somewhat naively and got himself thumped by reality. It's still happening but less and less. He's a smart guy and adjusts quickly. He's disrupted Twitter (sounds like it needed it, though perhaps not this much) but it will settle into a new state.

The bottom line is that Musk and Twitter the company will adjust much faster than Twitter users will move out.

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Josh's avatar

Elon's stream of consciousness hasn't demonstrated any particular intelligence, and his management style on display is pure incompetence and abuse.

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Paul Topping's avatar

Sure, he's irritating as hell but I doubt much of his BS tweets will matter in the long run. It is best to think of him as just another loud voice on Twitter. He doesn't demonstrate his intelligence in his tweets anyway. Never has and I doubt he ever will.

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Paul Topping's avatar

I doubt very much that Twitter will live on in a much-diminished state, as JVL predicts. Nothing much will happen to it while Musk adjusts. It will come out stronger, though possibly without Musk running it. This episode has also caused the public and the media to grapple with problems that they've ignored for too long -- a good thing.

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Christopher Wood's avatar

How can it come out stronger when its new business model is built on the very idea that has repelled half of its top 100 advertisers?

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Paul Topping's avatar

The advertisers were just making a statement, getting Musk's attention, as they should. They'll come right back once Twitter has stabilized. Remember, it's just a click of an advertiser's mouse to turn their ads on and off.

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LeftCoastReader's avatar

Pornography. Big money maker. Next stop on the Twitter/Musk wild ride.

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Christopher Wood's avatar

Sadly true...but then, they are heartily supported by white Christians, who love their Old Testament smiting God, and have no time for the Jesus tenets of the New Testament.

Go figure!

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