What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue - eviltoast

The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”

  • phillaholic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    No it’s not. The free money dried up and Reddit wants to go public. It’s no more nefarious than that.

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      1 year ago

      People don’t get how much the modern internet grew because of shitty interest rates.