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Musk Woos Trump for an Ugly Twitter Codependency
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Musk Woos Trump for an Ugly Twitter Codependency

[ad_1] The social network’s owner needs its most recognizable global power user for monetary gain, and the former president will inevitably need his megaphone. "When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it's electric cars that don't drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he'd be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, ‘drop to your knees and beg,' and he would have done it…” — Donald Trump on Truth Social, 7/12/22 Elon Musk took to Twitter on Sunday night, posting a cartoon of a woman eyeing a bottle of prescription drugs. He labeled the woman “Donald Trump” and the bottle “His reinstated twitter account.” In other w...
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter

[ad_1] “Twitter is ALIVE.”That was Elon Musk's most recent Twitter post at the time of writing, several hours after announcing he would reinstate former President Donald Trump to the site.   It's a move that epitomizes the chaos Musk has wrought at his new social media company, as well as his inability to keep his word or stick to a plan. On Oct. 27, for instance, he promised Twitter's increasingly dubious advertisers that Twitter would not “become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.” The following day, Musk said he would form a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints” to look at high-profile, banned accounts like Trump's. 'No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” he said.Th...
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Elon Musk gleeful as Twitter users vote on reinstating Trump
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk gleeful as Twitter users vote on reinstating Trump

[ad_1] "Reinstate former President Trump," the billionaire Twitter owner posted Friday, with a chance to vote either yes or no. Elon Musk expressed excitement Saturday as he watched votes pour in on a Twitter poll he has posted on whether to readmit Donald Trump to the messaging platform."Reinstate former President Trump," the billionaire Twitter owner posted Friday, with a chance to vote either yes or no. As of 2200 GMT Saturday, 51.8 percent of the more than 14 million responses were in favor of a return of the former president, who was banned from Twitter for his role in last year's attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his followers seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Musk said the poll was drawing one million answers per hour."Fascinating to watch Twitter Trump p...
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Donald Trump snubs Twitter after Elon Musk announces reactivation of his account
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Donald Trump snubs Twitter after Elon Musk announces reactivation of his account

[ad_1] Slightly over 15 million Twitter users voted in the poll with 51.8% voting in favor of reinstatement. Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. President, who was banned from the social media service for inciting violence, in a poll organized by new owner Elon Musk.Slightly over 15 million Twitter users voted in the poll with 51.8% voting in favor of reinstatement. "The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated," Musk tweeted. Trump's Twitter account, which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on Jan. 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10pm ET Saturday. Some users initially reported being unable to follow the reinstated acc...
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