Twitter is dying. Elon is trying to kill Twitter. I bet you’ve heard a million versions of this. Everyone is talking about Twitter on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elon officially bought Twitter on October 28th, and since then, the company and the platform have created a ton of chaos. Elon laid off thousands of employees, launched a new verification badge (Twitter Blue)<\/a>, fired employees who called him out on Twitter, and sent a ton of memes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All the doom and gloom on Twitter is overplayed. It is hard to see many jobs cut, and to see everyone impacted, especially in this economy, isn’t easy. But Elon isn’t the only one laying off large amounts of staff<\/a>. Amazon, Meta (Facebook), Uber, Airbnb, and dozens of other companies<\/a> are laying off thousands of employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now, Twitter is in dire straights. The company was mulling laying off 25% of the workforce before Elon started this purchase. The company was losing $4m a day as a public company. The platform had a moderation and bot problem. The outside world is looking at the platform that has a major impact on speech and journalism. Everyone is wondering what Elon will do to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I think Elon will improve Twitter, but mostly, he will make it more fun. See the tweet as an example: <\/p>\n\n\n\n