Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey has suggested that all is well with the world, following Musk’s recent $44 billion (£34.5 billion) acquisition of the social media platform.
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Dorsey, who announced his decision to step down as Twitter’s chief executive last November, added that Musk’s acquisition “is the right path”, saying that “Elon is the singular solution I trust” to ensure Twitter is “a public good” and not a company.
Rather candidly, Dorsey described Twitter as “my sole issue and my biggest regret”, saying “it has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model”.
— jack (@jack) April 26, 2022
“I’m so happy Twitter will continue to serve the public conversation. Around the world, and into the stars,” he concluded.
Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006, is likely encouraged by Musk’s recent statement in which he described the platform as “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”
Musk has also said he wants to add new features, including “making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.”
“Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it,” the world’s richest man added.
The idea and service is all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both. Twitter as a company has always been my sole issue and my biggest regret. It has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model. Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step.
— jack (@jack) April 26, 2022
Elon’s goal of creating a platform that is “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive” is the right one. This is also @paraga’s goal, and why I chose him. Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation. This is the right path…I believe it with all my heart.
— jack (@jack) April 26, 2022
Yet whilst these two believe the world is in a better place, many have taken to Twitter – of all places – to vent their concerns, turning the platform into something of a paranoid android.
Actress and presenter Jameela Jamil, for instance, today quit the platform, concerned Musk’s “free speech bid is going to help this hell platform reach its final form of totally lawless hate, bigotry and misogyny”.
Others have equally expressed their qualms with the move. Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, for instance, has more candidly written: “Hi Elon / You’re a twat / How’s about that for freedom of speech.”
Ice T, meanwhile, joked: “It would kinda [sic] dope if Musk bought Twitter and just shut it off…. Lol”
Hi Elon
You’re a twat
How’s about that for freedom of speech.
— 🏴☠️ Geoff Barrow 🏴☠️ (@jetfury) April 26, 2022
It would kinda dope if Musk bought Twitter and just shut it off…. Lol
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 25, 2022
Scottish comedian, meanwhile, questioned: “What does Elon Musk get for his $44 billion? Does he expect to earn it back, or is it a power and prestige thing?”
Who knows, but one thing’s certain: we’ve all been left high and dry by the big moves from the world’s richest.
