Yes, despite the fact that a couple of months ago it was said that Elon Musk wanted to create a social network, it seems that he has preferred to buy one. In fact, the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk is already a reality , but what changes will the CEO of Tesla make in the social network of the little blue bird?
The changes that Elon Musk will make on Twitter
Elon Musk is one of the most influential people on Twitter to the point of ruining an app’s reputation with a simple tweet. Note that Twitter was already working on some new features like the feature called “articles” and its exclusive section for podcasts.
On the other hand, you should know that before buying Twitter, Elon Musk had criticized several things about the app. So, Elon Musk’s criticism of Twitter can give you an idea of the changes he will make to the social network.
Elon Musk will make it possible for you to edit the tweets you’ve posted on Twitter
Do you want an edit button?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022
Although it is already known that Twitter will have a change history for edited tweets and will even add a button to edit tweets, it seems that this is one of the things that Musk wants to do on Twitter. In fact, Musk has done a poll on Twitter to find out if his followers agree with the feature of editing tweets being added to the platform .
Either way, it seems Musk’s planned tweet-editing feature has a time constraint . Yes, it seems that you will only be able to edit tweets that have been published for a certain time. Also, it is possible that after editing a tweet, the retweets and likes that it had, disappear. On the other hand, each tweet will have a history with the changes it has had.
Account authentication and bot removal will facilitate freedom of expression on Twitter
Musk also conducted a survey on Twitter to find out if people consider that this social network facilitates freedom of expression. So hopefully Musk will make Twitter a platform that enables free speech. Note that to achieve this, Musk plans to authenticate accounts and remove bots from the platform .
You should know that by authenticating accounts and bots, there will be less negative comments on Twitter. In addition, with these measures, spam will also disappear from the platform. In short, Twitter’s moderation rules will change.
Elon Musk wants the Twitter algorithm to be open source
Twitter algorithm should be open source
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2022
Yes, Musk also did a Twitter poll asking if the platform should be open source. Elon Musk has shown intentions to open source the algorithm that regulates content on Twitter . Note that some of the Twitter code is already public. However, it seems that Musk wants to make all the code on the platform public so that, among other things, people know how his algorithm works.
Twitter Blue will also change
Twitter Blue is a subscription with exclusive Twitter benefits. However, Elon Musk also wants to make changes to this Twitter service. In fact, Musk wants the subscription price for this service to be $2 , but to be paid per year. Also, users who are subscribed to Twitter Blue will have a check mark.
On the other hand, Musk has indicated that Twitter needs to become a public company to ensure that it will be a platform where there is freedom of expression. In any case, all the changes that Elon Musk wants to make to Twitter are more complex than they seem and will surely take considerable time to bring them to reality.
Source | MakeUseOf
