Major Changes to Expect from Twitter with Elon Musk as its New Owner
Leftists may be annoyed at the new owner of the blue bird
Elon Musk and twitter have just reached a $44 billion agreement as of Monday.
The Tony Stark of our world has been very vocal about the changes that he would like to make on this app.
On one hand, these suggestions have all the Elon fans placing their bets on him to make twitter a more free space that’s not afraid to host occasional fights of words while on the other hand, many people have and are threatening to quit twitter because they fear the comeback of the likes of Donald Trump.
So, let’s look at what a twitter under the leadership of Elon Musk will look like
Twitter: home of free-speech
Elon plans on changing the strict moderation policies of twitter. Free-speech is a fundamental human right and the iron-clad regulation policies of most social media apps may at times undermine this because they’re just not ready to deal with the conflict.
It could mean two things:
- With the strict moderation no longer in play, this could mean that people like Donald Trump can let down their hair from the cancellation tower.
- Or this could mean the promotion of fair journalism and not just pushing a one-sided agenda.
Could this mean the cancellation of the cancel culture?
Musk himself tweeted:
“I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means”.
In today’s modern age, twitter has become a digital town where sensitive political ideas are formed and preached all the time. Its strict content-regulation policies have severely limited this practice which has even proven to be useful at times so, let’s see if the new twitter policies appease the loud critics or only bring more chaos.
Open-source algorithm
What’s the open algorithm exactly?
Algorithmic transparency means different things to different people, but it can be broadly understood as openness about the purpose, structure, and underlying actions of algorithms used to process information.
Musk tweeted:
“I’m worried about de facto bias in ‘the Twitter algorithm’ having a major effect on public discourse. How do we know what’s really happening?”
Introduction of long form tweets
Not getting used to twitter threads?
Well, Elon Musk just might solve this problem for you by introducing long-form tweets.
Currently twitter allows 280 characters in a single tweet which at times can get annoying. Twitter has been behind in this arena from its competitors like Instagram that allow a much greater character-count.
Elon suggested in his tweet:
“My most immediate takeaway from this novella of a thread is that Twitter is *way* overdue for long form tweets!”
Could this mean an introduction of more LinkedIn-style posts for us bloggers?
I personally think it’ll be great if Elon solves this issue because the current character limit is way too annoying.
It’ll allow bloggers to construct a more in-depth post which will attract more people.
Editing made possible
Musk has voiced his concerns about the limitations of the editing capabilities of twitter.
Twitter also tweeted in response to his tweet:

This will be great if Elon succeeds in introducing an edit button.
This will make the post and threads a lot more professional once the option to correct all the typos is made available.
The best thing with which most users agree as well would be to allow the editing of the tweet while keeping the record of the unedited tweet as well so, the individual won’t be able to manipulate the meaning of their tweet once it’s sent.
User authentication
This tweet of Elon Musk sure sounds promising:
“If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!”
This will severely limit the shaddy activities of bots and scammers once everyone’s required to verify themselves.
What does it mean?
- It’ll give rise to genuine exchange of opinions without bots pushing a particular agenda and overwhelming a conversation.
- No more fake followers.
- No spamming
Conclusion :
This recent tweet by Elon Musk sums up all the changes that he’s got his eyes on:

Let’s hope for the best.
