Erik Kwakkel
What many of us new Mastodon users decided to leave behind. “Elon Musk never cared if Twitter was a business failure – he wants a political win” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/22/elon-musk-twitter-business-politics-right?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Elon Musk never cared if Twitter was a business failure – he wants a political win

The social platform’s new owner wants to rebalance information ecologies in favour of the right, says activist and author Richard Seymour

The Guardian
Nov 23, 2022 at 1:18amWeb
Show threadednl 🇪🇺Nov 23, 2022
@erik_kwakkel @JeanMarcvanTol Maar waarom luistert hij naar Thiel et al.? Dit suggereert dat het nog steeds is om te verdoezelen dat zijn academische titel nep is. https://archive.ph/gzGpF (archief van een twitter thread)
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Show threadAlexis de RoodeNov 23, 2022
@erik_kwakkel I think the article is missing something: Musk was addicted to Twitter, he just really loves it. He fell into the trap of making his addiction his work. The success of Tesla and SpaceX may have made him a bit overconfident.