The Twit Problem
On completion of the October 27 purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk tweeted "the bird is free". Then he announced his plan to charge for the verification tick. He also declared "comedy is now legal" (referencing all the hilarious hate-speech previously banned on the platform). Then when people adopted his name for satirical purposes, he banned them. After first changing his bio to "Chief Twit", widespread criticism of Musk's actions saw him switch to "Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator", then apparently genuinely ask for feedback, only to flip to mocking the idea of people complaining about Twitter on Twitter. On October 30, Musk retweeted a trolling conspiracy "theory" that the hammer attack on 82-year-old Paul Pelosi (perpetrated by a MAGA nut hunting Nancy Pelosi) was actually a gay lover's quarrel. Musk deleted it - without apology or explanation - then three days later proclaimed that under his stewardship, Twitter's "m...