It was clear from the jump Musk didn’t understand the site he’d bought, but I’m still a bit surprised he doesn’t grasp that journalists are the main reason Twitter was more relevant than any number of other similar platforms. Can easily imagine looking back on this as a tipping point.
@normative he does, and he hates it. he thinks he can maintain the site's stature and reach while chasing away all the media class elites and their admirers and replacing them with his people, largely discredited contrarians and reactionaries who feel similarly aggrieved. that's my take anyway.