Mike Galsworthy 🦣Nov 11, 2022

Great article.

"Musk thinks he bought a tech company, but he’s actually bought a community of users, and that's where its value lies..."

So says Prof Paul Bernal - Professor of Information Technology Law at the University of East Anglia School of Law.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/why-elon-musk-the-chief-twit-is-in-trouble/

Why Elon Musk – the Chief Twit – is in trouble

Musk thinks he bought a tech company, but he’s actually bought a community of users, and that's where its value lies.

East Anglia Bylines
Show threadAlexander GreenbergNov 11, 2022
@mikegalsworthy It’s actually the other way around. He thought that by buying the tech company, the community of users would come with it, regardless of what he did. And from the jump, he treated then users like his personal property. It’s not working out well.
Show threadDave NattrissNov 12, 2022
@arg11 @mikegalsworthy they HAVE come with it though. Nobody important has left.
Show threadBigNurseMike✅Nov 13, 2022
@natts @arg11 @mikegalsworthy Stephen Fry has. 12,000,000 followers.
Show threadDave NattrissNov 13, 2022
@BigNurseMike @arg11 @mikegalsworthy and now Stephen has just 1/240th of that of here. Not exactly a loyal following then...
Show threadAlexander Greenberg
@BigNurseMike @natts @mikegalsworthy How many were bots?
Nov 13, 2022 at 12:33pmWeb
Show threadDave NattrissNov 13, 2022
@arg11 @BigNurseMike @mikegalsworthy hard to say, but it's not usually in bots' interests to follow already popular accounts. They're usually used to post (mis)information.