There is a new sheriff in the town and he wants to make some big changes.
After buying nearly 10 percent of the company's stock and joining the board of directors, Musk spent his evening furiously sharing ideas he thinks will make the platform better.
The new feature that allows people to pay $3 per month for additional platform features like preview time to correct mistakes is what Musk said last night.
Blue already has a modifiable 20 second time to edit tweet feature
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
Musk said that it isn't good enough to have the ability to read articles ad-free.
No ads. Musk said that the power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if they depend on advertising money to survive.
And no ads. The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
Readers in Musk's thread were horrified by the idea and said it could hurt human rights.
Freedom of speech is not a premium feature. How many people live on less than 2 dollars a day? One user commented, " Guess the edit button ain't for them?"
Giving out checkmarks might be a decent way to weed out bot accounts, which surely can't all be interested in or able to purchase a Blue membership. It's possible Musk's idea could have a positive impact if users could see who pays and who doesn't.
If Musk's plan is deeper than he says, people who don't want to pay for Blue could still access the site. The fear that bad actors could manipulate the public conversation is unlikely because the edit button is just a preview period to check for typos before it goes live.
People are asking for something to be done about fake accounts. Maybe Musk has a point.
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