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AL Anany's avatar

On one hand, I’d never pay for a twitter paywall like the WSJ or Medium.

On the other hand, X is infected with zillions of bots.

🤷

One thing’s for sure, he does not stop surprising.

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I’m a bit lost on your view of Elon Musk and X.

I personally believe allot of the criticism of Musk comes from some deep down jealousy people have of him. He’s done amazing things in his life and is continuing to focus his energy on doing his current passion - “creating a town square” as he calls it.

It’s interesting that so many want him to fail! Why? What about Elon makes people not like him and look negatively on what he’s trying to do.

Elon has exposed how much censorship is being pushed in social media from the left. The left seems to believe that people are not smart enough to personally implement “caveat emptor” anymore. The nanny state must make sure people are not exposed to what the left labels “hate speech”.

The left also believes Elon must be punished for not aligning with their nanny state censorship. As a result, companies that cow-tow to the left have fled the platform for fear of being cancelled. I’m absolutely an independent, both the left and the right are dysfunctional. But right now the left is destroying free speech in the name of eliminating hate.

Elon’s trying to turn Twitter into the town square. Let people talk. He’s trying to eliminate the town square being overrun by those who are trying to overwhelm it by using bot technology.

He’s leveled the town square by giving everyone the ability to be verified. Not just those who already have outsized influence-the media and famous people.

All while trying to keep the company afloat.

Elon by shear force created the electric car industry-something that is good for humanity. He created SpaceX-also good for humanity. He’s put in place satellites to enable Ukraine to communicate on the battlefield. He’s trying to create a boring company - great for humanity.

People like you seem to just want to poke holes in what he’s doing versus cheer him on!

Why? Because you don’t agree with where he’s at politically?

As far as I can tell, Elon is a force for changing the world in a positive way!

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