This was the whole point of him buying Twitter, hence the funding from Sequoia and Binance. He wants to turn it into the Chinese WeChat app with social credit attached.
This is no different than the algorithms other social media companies use. The only difference is he's being transparent. Engagement matters more than relevance, they can't show you everything from everyone you follow, etc.
Edit--- He also said:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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In addition, Twitter will make it easier to see tweets from just those you follow, as well as other tweet curations
Beats the old way where fake journalists were given credibility due to the fake news organizations where they worked.
This was the whole point of him buying Twitter, hence the funding from Sequoia and Binance. He wants to turn it into the Chinese WeChat app with social credit attached.
This is no different than the algorithms other social media companies use. The only difference is he's being transparent. Engagement matters more than relevance, they can't show you everything from everyone you follow, etc.
Edit--- He also said:
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 6h Replying to @elonmusk In addition, Twitter will make it easier to see tweets from just those you follow, as well as other tweet curations
Yup, not good!
That was my immediate thought.
Don't use Twitter