the crusade of Elon Musk to buy Twitter it’s turning him into a kind of campaign politician. The tycoon has used his account on the social network to make promises about what he will do once he owns the company. The most recent has to do with remove spam botsone of the oldest evils on the platform.
Elon Musk declared that if your bid to buy Twitter is successful, you will defeat spam bots or die trying. In a second tweetthe CEO of Tesla advance what will authenticate all real humans.
Later, Pranay Pathole — a Musk fan — public If the offer is accepted, Elon will focus on solving the real problems. “Make the platform algorithm open source, remove spam bots, edit functionality, strictly abide by free speech, and simpler verification process.” she said. As always, Elon Musk answered with a simple “Yes”.
Eliminating bots is part of Elon Musk’s strategy for unlock extraordinary potential from Twitter. The tycoon believes that spam is one of many ills that afflict the companyalthough not as severe as content moderation.
Elon Musk wants unlock the potential from twitter
Musk has always shown himself in favor of users sharing their opinionsregardless of whether they are controversial or not. According to him, Twitter violates a fundamental human right by censoring, moderating or hiding content that is not illegal. A year ago, Elon criticized Big Tech for acting as the de facto arbiter of free speech.
It is important to mention that the freedom what Musk proposes It could go against Twitter’s policies, something that has already caused controversy among certain sectors. On the one hand there are those who believe that the strategy would encourage harassment and disinformation on the platform. The culture of hate against minorities — sometimes fueled by Musk — is a constant fear among some employees. On the other hand, there are the right-wing politicians and conservative users who welcome the measure, and even suggest that lift the veto on Donald Trump.
Although this topic dominates the headlines, the truth is that Twitter needs someone to implement improvements on the platform in a more efficient way. It took the social network more than 10 years to increase the character limit and 15 to announce a button to edit tweets. In contrast, platforms like Facebook, Instagram or TikTok integrate functions faster and adapt to the needs of their users.