Topic: What did elon do wrong in Twitter - page 11. (Read 2307 times)

I'm not sure what your sources are but this information is wrong, they are not facts but you can prove me wrong with the right source to read through. We all know how he wanted to buy Twitter back then and on realizing that it contains more than 40% of users are bots, he decided to drop the deal but somehow, the deal later went through. After he took over as the CEO, he found out that some employees were not needed, some jobs could be done by a person and he found out it was done by 5 people, he had to cut down the cost of the operation to bring twitter to the mainstream.

In addition, Twitter has been rebranded to X which we don't know why but it could be trademarking it to suit its parent company SpaceX. He has also decided to introduce revenue for content creators through their monthly impressions to bring more people to twitter, so I don't understand what you are talking about.

If you also notice that, it means he is making good use of it and has succeeded.  one thing I see is people complaining, criticizing, booing... but in the end still use Twitter and still spend money to sign up for a blue tick.  so it can be said that he does what he wants and doesn't listen to anyone is completely right, right for him because it brings profit for him, not right for us because we have to spend money to use Twitter.  But as you said, we have no alternatives, and who is winning?

Elon getting too deep in his own crusade to create the platform that is ideal in his opinion, he doesn't listen to his employee nor his users. Changing the name to X, changing the feature name to Repost, implementing Verified Subscription and a lot of other things. Most of users and the former twitter employees is against that, but he didn't care.

But all that being said, I and probably most of other people would still use twitter, since the alternative is worse.

I agree, If he made his own social media platform from scratch a lot of users would not have such negative feedback. I believe it is the comparison of old users' experience and what they are already familiar with in comparison to Elon Musk's changes that is causing such negative feedback. When reading most of the negative tweets regarding the changes applied by the rebranding of Twitter to X, users find it inconvenient as some of the features they enjoy are being removed and those they could not care about are being added. It's like taking them away from their comfort zone.

On the other hand, in relation to why Elon even bought Twitter and your answer to it, here is an article that showcased Elon Musk wants to build his own social media platform in early 2022 due to Twitter being a hindrance to free speech: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/elon-musk-says-hes-considering-building-a-new-social-media-platform.html

There are negative and positive sides of existing technological developments, especially when it is associated with the understanding of people who live in rural areas. Let me give an example: In the past, people in my village went to the fields to plant rice, which was entirely done by humans, but with technological developments, human involvement in planting rice is no longer dominant because technology already exists. The positive value of human labor is no longer drained for the process of planting rice until the harvest arrives because it is greatly helped by the presence of technology. On the other hand, the presence of technology does not provide benefits for small farmers because they have to incur much higher production costs, so that their yields are no longer worth the capital spent.

Discussion has gone a bit outside of the OP so I want to draw a conclusion, human life continues to innovate with the presence of technology and we are required to be able to adapt to it. Elon Musk is typical of a sophisticated generation in running any business and even though he is no longer young, some people say he is selfish or too arrogant. But to look successful, maybe some people need to follow the steps and methods that are done because sometimes their thinking is very precise, anyone can try to adopt their mindset to achieve success.

he's indeed sometime too much in making decision but i guess thats what make him enigmatic you just don't know what his decision will be and they are mostly out of the box.
take a look at the badge subscription that they have, now its even being imitated by the other platforms.
elon sure is trying to manage twitter differently compared to the previous executives of twitter so I guess thats why he has made some bold decision in regard of this billions worth platform.
surely in the future there will be more and more interesting decision coming from him that i'd expect gonna change the tide of the current condition, but we don't know whether he gonna suceeds or not.

If you have really paid attention to this Elon Musk story and why he purchased Twitter, you would get to understand better that he has been trying to own his own social media platform from way back before he even got spaceX and Tesla.
He is working to remodel Twitter to an everyday app according to him, and in trying to do such good, more damage has to be perpetuated to enact the idea he has in mind.

What Elon did wrong was to not start his own social media platform from scratch and build up, instead he opted to redesign an already existing idea. In 5years time, we would clearly see the results of what he is doing right now.

I feel like Elon Musk's only mistake along the way was him being too edgy for CEO or owner of such billion dollar worth business. He could keep generating money through twitter ads by getting good with advertisors - but he loved being as edgy as teenager - its costs him billions of dollars. But I don't personally think he did anything financially wrong except this. I think late move to give money back to users with most viewed posts was actually good move that will turn twitter (or x com) into youtube of texts. Elon Musk is wise guy in my opinion.

He replaced the employees he had let go with bots? That’s news to me. I also don’t think Twitter usage has gone down as I think more people have, for a while been encouraged to join with the prospect of earning from the app. Asides all that, I do think Elons handling of the app has been not so good. If X, formerly known as Twitter hadn’t been as popular and used as well as doing so well before the new owners came along, X would have been by now been dead.
Before Elon bought the app, his engagements with other users was barely noticed. But now, he’s actively spouting his thoughts and opinions while his ass kissers eat it all up as truth.

I'm honestly amazed at how well Elon Musk has done in his life because for all the smart decisions he's made, he's made an equal (if not higher) percentage of dumb moves.

I think he regrets buying twitter...or should I say "X".  I HATED twitter before he took over, and I like it even less now that he has taken it over.  I deleted my account.  It's just such a shit show, and I honestly don't think he has any real idea how to run it.  He's a narcacist who wanted his own platform to blab away all day long (which he does) but I don't think he fully through through his purchase.

He really have a plan, when he bought Twitter he's already an idea what to do. We all know that Twitter is the most used app worldwide that connects people internationally so many users equal to many opportunities. Even these kind of reactions he'd already expected when he planned to have any changes in Twitter. Remember when he put a payment to just have a checkmark for any users with checkmark? If you've forgot to pay you mark will be gone and of course everyone also hated that idea it's like a ripoff just to get money from people. But we all know those mark also gave them benefits such as advertisement as well. Even crypto related and business are roaming in the Twitter so I think in the very future he would put a business thing in the Twitter and of course the fee so Twitter would still run.

Considering that changes in business strategies and companies' approach are common in the business world, and Elon Mosk is also known for making unusual decisions… It makes the idea of automating certain aspects of Twitter using bots might have been an attempt to improve efficiency... But clearly it didn't work that way and ended up bringing consequences. The perception of the inherent decline, I would say that it is because better platforms have come out, I personally have never liked Twitter... It is one of the most toxic places on the web. Lastly as to whether this could be another business strategy, it could be quite possible, we have seen that companies are often looking for new ways to innovate and differentiate themselves in the marketplace, and dramatic changes can generate attention and renew interest in a platform. …only time will reveal the true intent behind these decisions.

As in my previous comment within this thread, I had mentioned that Elon Musk is working on a comprehensive plan to add crypto currency based system in twitter (X). Today news piece has surfaced, reveling that Elon Musk has successfully obtained license in three different US states for this intiative.This significant positive development has led to remarkable surge in Bitcoin price. In just one day, its price increased approximately $1500.

https://cryptotvplus.com/2023/07/twitter-secures-payment-licenses-in-three-us-states/

Elon musk has a plan, he always has a plan and all that he's doing is only leading to his master plan that he has before he decided to buy the social media. Elon musk is a genius and he has already rebranded the platform to X which will be a host to all of his plans and he has also started paying content creators which means X will be filled with more content creators as they search for ways to make money from the social media and this will make him more profit from the social media.

When Elon musk bought twitter he noticed that the social media was been operated on losses and he has cut down on all those expenses and now the platform is generating revenue from those individual that want to verify their twitter badges or become content creators.

Only Elon Musk knows what he's going to do with the future Twitter continuation. The goal of acquiring Twitter is part of the business. He, who is a reliable and successful businessman in several areas of his business, will try new luck with Twitter. Major changes that occurred internally and externally led to various kinds of speculation from users as you say "Twitter application is more boring". This is only the assessment of a small number of users after the changes occurred to Twitter, but from a different point of view there are still many Twitter users who feel comfortable with the new policy taken by Elon Musk.

To be honest, I don't exactly understand what you mean, but all the same, my simple reply would be that Elon owns Twitter, he bought it with his hard-earned money, and that I believe gives him the full right to do whatever he wants or wills with the app, him sacking people is not a concern if you ask me, I mean every business out there are looking for effective ways to cut down cost and also generate more profit at the same time, so if sucking people was one of his ways to achieve that, we can't blame him, he is just doing what he thinks is best for his business, after all, we are talking about billions of dollars here which he spent from his pocket to acquire Twitter, it is only normal for him to do whatever he thinks is right so as to get that money back as quick as possible and also generate profit for himself.

So for me personally, I do not find anything boring about Twitter, and to be honest still, nothing has really changed from the week which are used to be before, aside from the blue tick which can now be owned even by scammers .

That's my case too: I wasn't very active for the last year, but it is now months since I logged in for the last time. We, as users, focus on features and benefits we obtain from different social media platforms, but in my opinion we should also care about the changes in the politics of these platforms and behave accordingly. I have nothing against efficiency, but the social impact of the measures explained in the OP should be taken into account when making the decision of which platforms use and which not.

It's gotten that bad? I wasn't aware of it. Ever since their annoying updates I have stopped keeping up with the app and every news that really has to do with it. I think Jack made a huge mistake by selling the Twitter platform to Elon, because since he took over, he just ruined a lot of things about Twitter, now a lot of people started to dislike it. Anyways, I'm not entirely off, because I still have audience on the platform tho', but I'm not that much active as of before now.

Elon Musk is an attention-begging, gigantic egotistical narcissist who pretends to be furthering technology even though he has not invented or achieved anything worthwhile. He is basically a version of Steve Jobs, who, while being very talented when it comes to hyping people up and taking their money, has not been able to hold on to a single one of his promises. His rockets fail, his mars mission will never come to pass, his cars are fancy-looking junk that people only buy so they can brag about buying them. And now he aquired Twitter and has no idea what to do with it. All he wanted from Twitter was the attention of the users.

Elon is just a wise guy. One of the most wisest in the world and I do not doubt him any moment. When Elon came into bitcoin and dodge, we saw the impact it gave to the cryptocurrency market. When he took over twitter there was wave, even if he wants to sell twitter, he is intending to make another wave. When I heard the news of Elon and  Mark, I know he is about to do something.

Op, everything is going bot way, we must embrace it now or in the future.