Twitter Blue is coming back—with more colors and assurances from Musk

Reuters reviewed an email to advertisers saying Twitter Blue is back Friday.

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[charliebird]

On the one hand, Shrier is a lying shrew. So, at first, I kind of dismissed this as being more braggartly crap....

But??? After a think-thunk it dawned on me that Musk has that level of access and that became a rather frightful thought, so I thought it worthy of mentioning that it would be a very wise safety precaution for each of my fellow Arsians to remember it, and not share anything important in Twitler DM's. Don't even share work related things, but especially not anything personal.

Who knows what Musk is scouring for at this point with bulk Admin-level searches of DM's and things normally considered private??? Be safe gang, a'ight?

Even better yet delete your account. We're here for you and I promise it will be alright.

 

[charliebird]

People made fun of Musk for paying 44B$ to buy an overvalued social media platform, but it's a cheap price to pay to meddle with US politics going forward.
The selective leaks of debatable moderation strategy by Twitter execs give Musk a lot of power in shaping the narrative and that is very dangerous. He is using the platform to gain political leverage, either by threatening current Dem administration or helping De Santis get elected in 2024.

That doesn't even quite fit because he's so obvious about it. If that was his plan, then he should have been more subtle about the whole thing and quietly place his thumb on the scale.