Elon Musk bought Twitter

 

Elon Musk will soon be in control of Twitter.

On Monday, the corporation stated that it had accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk's offer of $44 billion to take the business private. That means the world's wealthiest individual, who enjoys theatrics and unpredictable conduct, will soon have the power to affect conversation on a social network utilized by more than 200 million people every day.
What is Musk's plan for using such power?
He's made several Twitter ideas, which you can see below.
In the interest of free expression, loosen content standards. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk identifies himself as a "free speech absolutist" who has blasted what he perceives as excessive moderation on social media sites. "Free expression is the backbone of a functional democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where things crucial to the future of mankind are discussed," he said in a statement announcing the acquisition, nodding to these ideals. Musk has claimed that although nasty remarks are still lawful, social media platforms should not erase them. "If it's a grey area, let the tweet live," he stated during a recent interview at a TED conference.
Harassment, abuse, and messages that threaten physical damage to others are already prohibited on Twitter. Other safeguards exist on the site, such as a restriction on misrepresentation about COVID-19.
Musk's desire to change the limits of participation on Twitter is causing concern among social network experts. They claim that this might empower harassers, trolls, and others who misuse the site to target individuals carte blanche. They also fear that loosening Twitter's regulations could embolden individuals trying to take advantage of the site by disseminating disinformation, or outright falsehoods, regarding political events, government leaders, and public health and safety issues.
 

Create a button that allows people to update their tweets.

An edit button is one of the most requested product upgrades among Twitter users. Twitter, unlike Facebook, Instagram, and other social media applications, does not allow users to edit information after it has been published. Musk has said that he favors the ability for individuals to modify the content of their tweets, a suggestion that has sparked a heated dispute among academics, journalists, and other major Twitter users. Experts worry that adding an edit option will be weaponized by bad actors who would use it to cover up abuse or harassment as if it never occurred, or to deceive or manipulate others.

Others, however, believe that safeguards could be put in place to allow tweets to be updated to remove mistakes while also displaying a history of how the tweet was altered to preserve the original message.

 

Allow the public to see Twitter's algorithm.

Musk has said that the software that controls what users see on Twitter and how far material spreads should be opened open. He favours putting Twitter's algorithm on GitHub, a prominent website for programmers to share code. While some proponents of increased transparency at social media businesses argue that disclosing Twitter's thick and intricate algorithm to the public will achieve nothing, others argue that it would. Every day, a social media platform the size of Twitter processes billions of pieces of material. The rationale behind how and why tweets go viral, as well as how Twitter's recommendation system works, is so thick and sophisticated that even the company's own software developers are baffled by it.

 

Declare war on 'bot armies.'

Another move Musk supports is combating the rise of bots on Twitter, which are false accounts that are designed to reply to tweets on certain themes. Musk's business empire is infamous for attracting bots, including bots that promote his electric vehicle firm Tesla and attack Musk opponents. He has not said that he would want to temper such bots, but he has proposed that scammy bots advertising bitcoin scams be cracked down on. "We will battle the spam bots or die trying if our Twitter bid succeeds!" Musk said in a tweet last week that he wants to "authenticate all actual persons."

 

Advertisements should be discarded.

Currently, advertising accounts for about 90% of Twitter's income, but the firm has struggled to lure advertisers to the site, which often devolves into political firestorms and nasty online brawls. The corporation will no longer be under the same pressure from shareholders to consistently increase advertising income now that it is private. Musk has suggested that it switch to a subscription model. Last year, Twitter introduced Twitter Blue, a premium service that costs $2.99 a month and includes features such as an undo button that enables users to retract tweets before they are published. Musk has said that Twitter Blue should be less expensive, that users who pay should not have to view commercials, and that the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which began as a joke, should be accepted as a means of payment for a Twitter membership.