What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue

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The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”

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That and reddit which is why they shit the bed the exact same time. It's coordinated.

Also probably why Threads ever existed in the first place, in hopes of killing an uncontrolled venue in its infancy

No it’s not. The free money dried up and Reddit wants to go public. It’s no more nefarious than that.

People don't get how much the modern internet grew because of shitty interest rates.

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