Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit

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Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless
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"Instead of showing you posts from people you follow, the platform now defaults to a “For You” mode filled with grifters, recycled memes, idiots, AI hustlers, cat videos, car accidents and far-right influencers."

What's the most money ever spent on a presidential campaign?

(About 14 billion total for 2020. So roughly 7b per side.)

Relevance?

The reasons he bought Twitter are many, but absolutely include political influence. Twitter and Reddit's hard right shift are going to affect elections around the world. Hopefully not enough.