It's astounding to me we still have people who don't understand the role and power of media, including social media, in modern society.

They think it's all about memes & jokes, it's just for fun, it's not serious, it doesn't matter? Then you're a tool in Musk's hands.

You don't pay $44 billion for memes & jokes, genius. Think.

Twitter was and is such an absolute cesspit of humanity though. Its only (arguable) use was that celebrities were forced to hear people call them shit to their faces. At least until the option to filter out people who didn't have checkmarks was added

Elon meanwhile is so criminally addicted to fucking attention that he didn't realize buying the site would immediately turn it into the worlds biggest magnifying glass aiming that burning star of hatred directly on him

If twitter bankrupts or ousts him as CEO of the other companies he helms it'll be the "redemption arc" of that awful platform