Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter on April 4. After this move of the businessman, the social media platform gained more than 25% in value. Elon Musk, the largest shareholder of Twitter with a value of 73.5 million, gave signals that he wanted to make many changes on the platform.
The shareholder, who wants Twitter to be more free and dynamic, had previously shared the changes he wanted to make on his own account. So, what changes does Elon Musk want to make on Twitter? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Elon Musk wants a lot of changes for Twitter!
Elon Musk, who joined the Twitter board, previously complained that the platform was not free enough. The CEO explained that he thinks Twitter is a city square, so he wants it to be a free space where everyone can express their opinion. That’s why Musk is expected to make Twitter more democratic in the field of freedom of expression.
Elon Musk, in a post he made in the past, shared that he thinks Twitter is effective in shaping society. That’s why the CEO asked users in a survey last month whether the algorithm should be open source.
Elon Musk wants to clean up on his social media platform. The Tesla founder responded to a user who tweeted negatively about a bot account in February. In response, he asked how long this would continue. Due to this answer of the businessman, it is expected to make a change about bot accounts.
Last but not least, of course, is an edit button. Elon Musk asked users if they wanted an edit button in a Twitter poll he conducted without buying shares. Twitter also announced that they are working on the edit button with a post he made later.
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