If Elon Musk kills Twitter, what will he have killed?
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Q: This all sounds crazy. Doesn’t Musk want to make money by owning Twitter?*
A: The goals are more ideological in nature. Musk and his backers believe that the global geopolitical arena was being warped by too much “woke” ideology and censorship, and wanted to fix that by first restoring voices that had previously been silenced —and then implementing technical and algorithmic solutions that allow each user to get the experience they want. They think this can “solve” the problems that people cite about social media content. Making money, they figure, will come from the secondary effects of enabling “free speech” and the possibility of building other services like payments and replacing government on top of such an app. Plus the company’s social graph data is a goldmine for other businesses that may wish to benefit from detailed knowledge of the makeup of society.*
"No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating."
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competi...
So that's probably going to happen.
Whether it lives or dies is another question.