After being accused of using Twitter for his own gain, Elon Musk is pushing back against this narrative and defending his actions. This all stems from a recent article in The Washington Post.
The Washington Post has criticized Elon Musk, saying that his recent behavior on Twitter shows that he is more concerned with making money than he is with the safety of his followers.
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That approach was illustrated dramatically this week when the site Platformer reported Twitter had made major algorithmic changes — on Musk’s orders — that resulted in users seeing the billionaire’s tweets first. Musk had been worried that his engagement was declining: His tweet throwing support behind the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl had not performed as well as President Biden’s, for example. The fix that Twitter rolled out pushed Musk’s tweets to the top of many users’ feeds, something widely noted by users. […]
Musk is a prolific Twitter user who has a penchant for tweeting his mind and sometimes landing himself in trouble in the process. Appearing in court last month over an infamous 2018 tweet declaring he had “Funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 a share, Musk said he sees the site as an effective way to communicate with the public, both to disseminate company information and “memes.”
Indignant, Elon Musk took to Twitter to dispel the rumor.
“Your article is false and obviously so,” he wrote. “Do you really do no research at all? I mean, like reading a few tweets, for example.”
The Chief Twit was overjoyed by the response to his latest tweet. His grin broadened with satisfaction.
“Several major media sources incorrectly reported that my Tweets were boosted above normal levels earlier this week,” he wrote on February 17. “A review of my Tweet likes & views over the past 6 months, especially as a ratio of followers, shows this to be false. We did have a bug that briefly caused replies to have the same prominence as primary Tweets, but that has now been fixed.”
“For example, despite having ~40M fewer followers back then, I have yet to come anywhere close to this gem,” he added, referring to an April 2022 tweet, “Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.”
Elon Musk’s risky foray into Twitter has exposed the shadowy influence of powerful elites while giving a platform to a chorus of underrepresented voices. His $44 billion purchase, which was previously dismissed as an ego boost, is now being hailed as a decisive move toward reestablishing equilibrium in online debate.
Disputes between two powerful billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, are putting pressure on The Washington Post. Despite their history of animosity, the newspaper now appears to support Amazon’s founder and owner, Jeff Bezos. This has sparked criticism of what some are calling “dark democracy” — the practice of giving preferential treatment to those in positions of power.
