Elon learns the hard way being a Twitter troll is way more fun than being a mod

I don't believe he bought it by accident anymore. He had friends all around him goading him into buying it, and he's delusional enough to believe them when they said he could turn it around.

I think the real story is that this is all part of David Sacks' reactionary war against progressivism. He just knew he'd need an idiot's money to do it.