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30 Celebs And Other Twitter Users React To Elon Musk Taking Over Twitter, With Some Of Them Deciding To Leave The Platform
October 27th of this year was the day when Elon Musk finally closed the deal and became the owner of the social network company Twitter. The 51-year-old businessman who is the CEO of the companies SpaceX and Tesla spent $44 billion on the site, after taking some time to try to get out of the deal. It was revealed that this matter had to be settled in trial after Twitter sued him for breaching the deal, but none of this was needed as the now “Chief Twit” agreed to go ahead with the plan and buy the company. Once Musk became the owner of the site, he didn’t waste any time and already implemented some novelties that sparked a discussion among Twitter users.
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One of the first things implemented by Musk that many users online noticed was the change in Twitter’s homepage. The “old” Twitter homepage would request those who are logged out or not signed in to do so to be able to see any content. The new change allows people who are not Twitter users to see news and posts without being logged in or having to set up an account. Even though there was no clear explanation as to why the business owner decided to do it, it was clear that things are going to change at a fast pace with the new person behind the wheel.
A few more changes were also made when Twitter’s “Super Follows” subscription, which allows users to access additional paid content, was changed to “Subscriptions”. The man also revealed plans to use his SpaceX resources to make Twitter available to areas where it’s not yet accessible.
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Don Keideck 2 years ago
Excuse me, can I speak to the manager please? Hello manager, you're fired. Get the Hell out of here
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Written on a plattform that has several doxxing posts, death threats towards "unpopular" persons and calls for violence. Oh I forgot, those things are only bad if it comes from the "wrong" side... (Not taking sides here, just pointing out the hypocrisy)
Musk also made some staff-related changes. It was reported that he fired Parag Agrawal, who was Twitter’s CEO from November 2021 until October of this year. The new CEO of the company became Matt Wallace, a cryptocurrency expert who broke the news on his Twitter account, stating that he “will work hard to protect free speech and integrate #Dogecoin!”.
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Phobrek Taz 2 years ago
I just blocked Musk on twitter. It was instant gratification. It would be a riot if everyone on twitter just blocked him.
The news of Musk becoming the owner of Twitter was met with different opinions. The business mogul shared that “the bird is freed”, suggesting that now people will have the right to express their opinions freely and won’t be suspended for it. While this might seem like a good thing, this view made a lot of users online, among whom are well-known names, concerned about the hate speech and false information that will be circling around once users with rather conservative and extremist viewpoints will join Twitter or regain access to their accounts.
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Serial pacifist 2 years ago
For a person who names a child like an absolete model of a Star Wars robot, I don’t think there is such a thing as reputation risk. The only reputation at risk is the one of those around him.
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
People—-and I hope advertisers—-will leave Twitter in droves. It will either crash and burn or become the new 4chan for right wing extremists. Either way, the FBI should keep an eye on it for domestic terror plots, all condoned by Musk.
After finding out that Musk took over Twitter, some people decided to leave the site for good, revealing that they don’t believe allowing people to spread hatred and calling it free speech is going to work. These opinions were outweighed by those who were happy to see a change in the way Twitter is going to be operated from now. What is your opinion on this situation? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Leave Twitter. It goes underr financially. Elon suffers. Win! (Note: never went on Twitter in my life, BP is the onlly time I see these things.)
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Serial pacifist 2 years ago
The bird is about to lay an egg out of stress. Elon would name the little birdie 1Y 0-lk + e2G WHy t
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Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
He’s trying not to laugh too, thinking about what he put in that burger.
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JRequiem 2 years ago
Facebook is s**t too, Ive only EVER been banned because I called some racist White trash or said Stupid white people and As a White man its my right to talk s**t about my fellow whites. And every single time Facebook protected racists comments on news posts because "hurt feelings" You Literally cant be racist towards white people and thats what Facebook is trying to say.
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Black Pearl 2 years ago
Firing the CEO as a first move is not the best sign. He's clearly wanting to make big changes that probably won't be the best. Then again, who knows.
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Eva Sawyer 2 years ago
LOL, this isn't even accurate.... the charge for a blue check will be around $8. And heaven forbid that there be a system to make sure people are really who they say they are....
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Vicki Cunningham 2 years ago
Left last year. I realized people don't care what anyone else thinks anyway.
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Craig Reynolds 2 years ago
Everything you post everywhere including all your SMS, emails, voice calls, zoom calls, etc, all belong to the government. I'm not really concerned about my tweets being accessible to someone that spent millions to put a Tesla in orbit, sells flamethrowers, and now has a cologne called b******e!
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Lee 2 years ago
Funny how most of the "celebs" tweeting in this article no one has even heard of!
Daria 2 years ago
I thought it's only me lol Maybe because I don't use Twitter
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Tash 2 years ago
Twitter has always been a cesspit of angry, offensive people on all sides of the political spectrum just looking for an argument. I cant see that changing to be honest.
Nea 2 years ago
Completely Agree with what you are saying. At the same time, I have learnt a lot of new perspectives and arguments from twitter, especially on issues from outside my country. There is always some smart cookie sharing a new insight on something I needed to know:) i hope that bit doesnt change.
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Lee 2 years ago
Funny how most of the "celebs" tweeting in this article no one has even heard of!
Daria 2 years ago
I thought it's only me lol Maybe because I don't use Twitter
Load More Replies... Tash 2 years ago
Twitter has always been a cesspit of angry, offensive people on all sides of the political spectrum just looking for an argument. I cant see that changing to be honest.
Nea 2 years ago
Completely Agree with what you are saying. At the same time, I have learnt a lot of new perspectives and arguments from twitter, especially on issues from outside my country. There is always some smart cookie sharing a new insight on something I needed to know:) i hope that bit doesnt change.
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