Public figures saying they’re only paying #tiwtter for a blue check mark as a public service so others can’t impersonate them…

Yeah, sure.

Musk fired top engineer for explaining why his tweet views are down

Twitter employees shared data showing Musk's engagement declining.

Ars Technica
The fact that the #TwitterTakeover of #ElonMusk with a new round of fossil fuel industry investors happened right before the #WorldCup in #Qatar, the cringy way he advertised every single game on #Tiwtter, that he flew to the final and met there with his dissatisfied Saudi and Qatari investors... We all do smell there´s more to that story, right?
Is #microblogging alive in general? I mean, almost evrybody hear the news about #tiwtter, but there is not so much people actually use it or post something.
May be the case is such kind of social interaction is not #interesting now, when people use #tiktok and some other stuff.
Even in #Facebook long posts are not so popular now, bc it is hard to read a long, structured text when you are just scrolling.
And possibly, microblogging became to long to read too
  
Gehört #Mastodon die Zukunft? Oder nicht? @tazgetroete -Kollege @drosdowski über Chancen und Probleme der Alternative zu #Tiwtter. Und warum der Boom alte User:innen irritiert. https://taz.de/Twitter-Alternative-Mas
It's not #Tiwtter doing dumb things, it's just #ElonMusk and no one else🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️