Musk's Twitter takeover isn't going the way you think

The stans that cluster in his replies looked like they came from a movie. Pictures of Musk as Captain America were posted on the internet. After this hero fired four people, they also gleefully posted pictures of Musk as Thanos, even though he was defeated by the planet's most powerful defenders.

Musk said the bird is free. Someone just took a public company and put it into a cage. The bird is being held by a group of people including Musk, banks, fellow billionaires, and various Saudi investors. Regardless of the bird's fate, Musk's court is less important than people think.

The bird stuff sounded superheroic to the stans, who were looking for the "freedom" of banned accounts like the ex-president. In May, Musk promised to restore Trump's account.

Musk has a lot of things to say to many people.

Musk started to sound more like The Hangover. Before any major content decisions or account reinstatements, a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints would be formed, according to the troll Savior. He made vague "I'll be digging into it" promises to a Trump-supporting account named Catturd, as if he were a bored customer service rep and not the billionaire owner.

Is it possible that all those firings are true? The majority of the company that Musk talked about removing. There have been no other oustings beyond the removal of CEO Parag Agrawal. A couple of people pretended to be just-fired data engineers in front of CNBC and Bloomberg. Musk saluted the person who gave his name as "Ligma"

Guess we won't know if Mr. is alive. At the holidays, "Let the Good Times Roll" wants to make it rain pink. It seems that Musk is just a carnival barker at the moment.

Regardless of what happens now, Musk is going to run headlong into reality, regulators and simple business sense. Social media experts can't predict what will happen next, but they do think Musk has bitten off more than he can chew.

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It's difficult to run a global content company with no prior experience when investors are breathing down your neck. It means not scaring advertisers, who Musk courted by promising "Twitter obviously cannot become a free- for-all hellscape." Think? Not annoying the majority of users who just want the Nazis to be banned is what it means. Not courting a revolt by the employees who run the shiny machinery you just purchased is what it means.

Playing nice with the EU is what it means. The EU has 450 million people, more than the United States, and it has strict laws regarding internet users' rights.

Is it possible that the "accept cookies" pop-ups you get cut down on the number of companies that track you? The doing of the EU regulation is large. The Digital Services Act was approved by the EU Parliament and Council. The gold standard for keeping social media giants in check is set by the DSA.

The Commissioner reminded Musk of his obligations immediately after the sale went through, but he didn't reply. He didn't use his classic bomb- throwing "LOL" How could he do something like that? Back in May, he and Breton announced their support for the DSA in a video.

If Musk is on the wrong side of European law, what will he do? Pull every office, every server, out of a country that also buys his overpriced electric cars. Euro watchers are getting ready for the movie.

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A billionaire with a habit of founding or pretending to found new companies became addicted to the social networking site. He bought the platform because he was so drunk. He had a libertarian view of free speech and the laws against it. He told friends he was going to fire a lot of workers and he was going to hire a lot of workers.

He walked into the offices, made a joke, and then fired four big names to appease his horde. As reality set in, he decided to punt the content moderation question to a committee, just as he did with the Oversight Board, which punted on the big Trump ban question.

Before the takeover, it was easy to run a social media company. Musk may soon get bored with his complicated new toy, wary of turning off too many customers and advertisers, and decide to delegate most of the big decisions to a team that keeps the service going.

It is possible that there will not be enough popcorn in the world for those who are disappointed. They might realize they weren't caping for a superhero, but a bored billionaire who never cared for them.