Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far

Post by kevinmchugh » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1:41 AM UTC

ericd wrote: post #761

colinsane wrote: post #593

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> They need to re-free up the API. it's not easy to regain that trust once you lose it. how long would Twitter's API need to remain open until you decide they're not going to reverse course and that it's worth building on? 2 years, minimum? and even then there'd be a bitter taste when i do: it would always be in the back of my mind that "what i'm building is only temporary, they're going to take this away again at _s…

Even though all the top leadership was fired and swapped for new people?

Post by amachefe » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1:43 AM UTC

mullingitover wrote: post #320

julianeon wrote: post #57

In the spirit of trying to be high-information and add value: Where Musk is going, there are no maps. So it's very very hard to project. But we can predict likely developments. At a very high level, it's going to involve: bringing back controversial personalities like Donald Trump; increasing Twitter's commitment to 'free speech'; assuaging skittish advertisers; retaining users who might be concerned, while bringing…

> managing the exodus of users (size:?) that will happen regardless; This is probably the biggest risk in this acquisition. Twitter wasn't doing anything special, and it's easy to launch a clone of their business model. Elon's talking about taking an axe to the things that keep the lights on at Twitter: effective content moderation and talent.

Post by hackernewds » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1:51 AM UTC

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I think it's going to be more in the other direction. He really hates the bots, so he'll probably close up the API. Until bots gets solved, no developer should expect the API to open up.

As a developer, not really a tweeter, I'd be super-happy if a read-only API was opened up again. It was a gold mine when it came to creating cool things back in the days, especially analysis stuff.

Post by dymk » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1:53 AM UTC

freejazz wrote: post #658

nmilo wrote: post #407

> Musk hasn’t said all that much since the takeover on Twitter, but he has replied to a couple of users who have complained about platform censorship in the past. One is a user called “catturd2” who claims he’s shadowbanned and who tweets COVID misinformation among other things. The other is Canada Proud, a right-wing propagandist group that also spreads COVID misinfo and focuses on attacking Canadian PM Justin Trude…

What about it is nasty? It doesn't say he endorsed those posters, it literally just says he interacted with him. I think the point is that he is interacting with these kinds of posters instead of, like doing something useful or relevant, or like anything else at all? I can see why you'd think it'd be nasty if you have an incredibly partisan view that has to sort everything into either being for or against something.

Post by bojo » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1:55 AM UTC

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You keep talking about people as if you they are one homogenous block that you deeply understand and represent. Most people really couldn't care less about SpaceX, Tesla or the future of Twitter. And they definitely wouldn't put Musk at the pinnacle of cultural relevance. It's a minority of the population that is on sites like this that care. And for many of us there is a much more discerning and skeptical attitude t…

He has 111 million followers on twitter. He isn't some niche tech celebrity.