{"id":5203,"date":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","slug":"elon-musk-acquired-twitter-for-44-billion-here-are-4-big-changes-expected-on-the-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/elon-musk-acquired-twitter-for-44-billion-here-are-4-big-changes-expected-on-the-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Acquired Twitter for $44 Billion. Here Are 4 Big Changes Expected on the Platform."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday, 25th April 2022, the world&#8217;s richest man, Tesla &amp; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, acquired Twitter as one of the most significant social media ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what are Musk&#8217;s intentions in buying Twitter? Well, looking at the press statement announcing his Twitter acquisition, Elon said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,&#8221; he remarks. &#8220;also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms&nbsp;open source&nbsp;for defeating the spambots, authenticating all humans &amp; increase overall trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on his statements and previous tweets followed along with the matter, we have a good idea of his top priorities to optimize the platform. Here are the top 5 significant changes we can expect on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/how-to-change-twitter-handle-on-website-and-app\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">How to change Twitter handle (on website and app) in 2 easy steps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-improving-content-moderation\">1. Improving content moderation<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Twitter is the de factor public town square of the modern era,&#8221; &#8211; said Elon reportedly in the interviews, which means a digital frontier of a public forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthering the matter, he has also been reproving Donald Trump&#8217;s permanent ban on Twitter following the insurgence of the US capital building of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His sentiments were demonstrated at least once over a few weeks: At his satellite internet startup, Starlink, he denied requests &#8220;by some governments (not Ukraine)&#8221; to block news broadcasts coming from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.<br><br>Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1499976967105433600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on his recent tweets, he is repeatedly pushing his sentiments to improve content moderation by loosening the rules that are a barrier to free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will not do so unless at gunpoint,&#8221;\u00a0Says Elon. &#8220;Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"2-change-in-algorithm\">2. Change in Algorithm<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Elon furthered his intentions by discussing Twitter&#8217;s prior role in shaping our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By creating a poll last month on whether the followers think Twitter&#8217;s algorithm should be (Open Source) &#8211; a term for software to be free to distribute and allowed to manipulate openly by the various users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept may sound technical, but his goal is to create an ecosystem to cultivate free speech without any sociopolitical barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"3-removing-spam-bots\">3. Removing spam bots<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>As a long-term user of Twitter, Elon speaks more about his personal user experience than anything else. For instance, he stated his desire to ban (crypto spambots) &#8211; spam Twitter accounts promoting possibly crypto scams using Elon&#8217;s Twitter resemblance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cdZZpaB2kDM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\">April 14th TED interview<\/a>, Musk addressed the top priority after taking ownership of Twitter would be to eliminate all the spambots and bot armies on Twitter, making the product much worst.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"4-adding-an-edit-button\">4. Adding an edit button<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Since the edit button for Twitter has been a controversial topic for long enough, Elon also seems to favor bringing the edit button that has been requested for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you want an edit button?<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511143607385874434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporting a long-running hope of bringing back the edit button on Twitter, users will be able to correct basic grammatical mistakes or faulty links immediately after posting them (Preferably for a certain amount of time). 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