Elon Musk is breaking Twitter’s culture for his own ends. KevinTDugan writes
Spend enough time getting sucked into the micro-dramas of Twitter and someone will eventually tell you to go touch grass — log off, go spend some time in nature, contemplate what’s actually important to you. And since the bad days of 2014 or so, when Gamergate trolls became more sophisticated in their use of Twitter as a harassment tool, there’s been an element ofNowhere is that more apparent than in content moderation.
It’s now been a week since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, and one thing that’s clear about his reign is that he will never, ever touch grass. On Friday, the platform became a flood of blue heart emojis as about half of the company’s employees found out that they were now out of a job. But there is no reason to think the Musk rampage is going to stop here.
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