Elon Musk says he's thinking about building his own Twitter
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of The Boring Company, and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, might be adding another company to his roster soon.
If he's being serious, of course.
In a series of tweets over the weekend, Musk said that he's not happy about how democratic Twitter is, and suggested some sort of change is needed.
He kicked things off with a Twitter poll, asking people whether they believe that Twitter "rigorously adheres" to the principle of free speech as "essential to a functional democracy." He asked his followers to "vote carefully," as the consequences of the poll "will be important."
Tweet may have been deleted
For a reminder of how seriously Musk takes a Twitter poll, just remember the time when he polled his followers about selling 10 percent of his Tesla stock.
With over 2 million votes, and most of his followers selecting "no" on the latest poll — meaning they don't believe that Twitter rigorously adheres to the principle of free speech being essential to a functional democracy — Musk asked, "Is a new platform needed?"
"Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy," he asked. "What should be done?"
Tweet may have been deleted
And when one follower asked whether Musk would consider building a new social platform, "one that would consist an open source algorithm, one where free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority, one where propaganda is very minimal," he replied that he's giving "serious thought" to this idea.
Other folks suggested that Musk should just outright buy Twitter, and Musk didn't outright reject that idea, joking about how cool it would be if he bought the social media giant and changed Twitter's logo to that of cryptocurrency Doge.
To my knowledge, Musk has never been censored by Twitter, though he did get into trouble over his posts several times, most notably when he tweeted about "taking Tesla private" with almost nothing to back it up. But Twitter has on several occasions censored certain tweets or even banned users from the platform — most notably former President Donald Trump, after the platform had determined that Trump's tweets related to the U.S. Capitol riots were inciting violence. Trump responded by starting a social media platform of his own, which hasn't been off to a great start.
SEE ALSO:Elon Musk's new master plan includes scaling Tesla to 'extreme size'As always, there's no telling how serious Musk is about any of this. Even though the CEO has successfully run software companies before (his first big hit was PayPal), running a social media site is a bit out of his typical area of interest.
The idea of a social media site that's decentralized, immune to censorship, and free of advertising isn't new, and has recently been floated in the context of blockchain technology. Several projects which claim to be decentralized already exist, including Steemit and Diaspora, but none have managed to amass a big user base.
相关文章
Flying spaghetti monster and unworldly life filmed in deep sea footage
Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life.An endeavor a2024-09-22Seoul urged not to give up on abductees in North Korea
This April 20, 2021, file photo shows the North Korean flag fluttering at the North Korea consular o2024-09-22Asteroid Apophis isn't an Earth impact risk for next 100 years: NASA
Maybe one day we'll send a group of oil rig workers off to space on an ill-advised mission to detona2024-09-22- 16日上午,雅安市第四届龙舟赛暨雨城区第九届青衣江端午龙舟文化旅游展演活动在我市雨城区女娲广场举行。精彩的文艺演出、惊险刺激的水上表演、激烈的龙舟争渡吸引不少市民前来观看。此次龙舟赛共有12支队伍参赛2024-09-22
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General2024-09-22
Here are the machines members of congress used to impeach Trump
When members of the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump Wednesday, they did so2024-09-22
最新评论