Experts and former Twitter officials weigh in on Musk’s plans for Twitter and moves such as blocking journalists even as he purports to promote free speech
The Twitter Rory Capern knew made money in a few main ways. It sold ads. It raised revenue from subscriptions. And it sought to profit from data about its users.
, excised links to a competing social media service and suspended Twitter Spaces, an online digital meeting room where some of those journalists had questioned him.Elon Musk’s Twitter suspension of journalists draws global backlash Provide “the most truthful, accurate and timely information to people” he said on a recent Twitter Spaces chat – before he suspended its function – and “then I think Twitter will compete more effectively than any other source of information, and then more and more people will use Twitter.”
WeChat is the Chinese super-app that has become home to much of that country’s digital life. YouTube, meanwhile, has been the global gold standard for user-generated content. But most social media platforms lust after the super-app idea. “The Holy Grail is being able to keep a user on the platform without leaving,” Ms. Stewart said.
Then there are the problems with such a concentration of control. “I have a real hard time with any single owner of Twitter,” Mr. Capern said. “It is just that powerful of a tool.”
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