Tesla CEO Elon Musk hints he might launch his own social media platform as Twitter is 'failing' (poll, free speech)

[diddlydudette]

I love anyone that wants to compete against these social media sites that want to censor speech.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...r-failing.html

Tesla CEO Elon Musk polled Twitter on Saturday, asking whether a new social media platform should be created to challenge Twitter and sparking speculation that the billionaire might be the one to do so.
In a series of tweets on Friday, the Space X founder asked if the time has come for a new platform to replace Twitter, and whether users thought the company 'adhered to free speech principles.'
He said that, because Twitter serves as 'the de factor public town square,' a failure to promote free speech on the app would undermine democracy.

In a reply to his own thread on Saturday, which sparked speculation, Musk wrote: 'Is a new platform needed?'

'Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy,' he had written the day before, on Friday. 'Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?'
Just over 70 percent of over 2 million respondents said 'no' to Musk's Twitter poll.
In a follow-up Tweet, the tech mogul wrote that 'the consequences of this poll will be important,' and he had urged respondents to 'please vote carefully.'

[StillwaterTownie]

Yeah, Twitter and Facebook can start by restoring Trump's accounts. And they will have less worry from new competition.

[diddlydudette]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

Yeah, Twitter and Facebook can start by restoring Trump's accounts. And they will have less worry from new competition.

I hope Trump never goes back to Twitter. For me Twitter's downfall is more about the cancel culture and censoring speech. No social media site should be trying to tell us what is right and what is wrong. That is wrong on so many levels. I cancelled my Twitter as fast as I could.

[ScoPro]

Ain’t America great? Richest man in the world is an African American immigrant!