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Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted' (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

That was my original thought when he came on and immediately fired 75% of the staff. It's not some savvy slimming down or cost-cutting. It was more like a wrecking ball.

It was fairly clear that his overall desire was the make the platform less useful for liberals and more for conservatives. It seems like he is content to destroy it if he can't achieve the latter.