Elon Musk's first week-and-a-half at Twitter has been a rollercoaster of big changes.
Elon Musk has a reputation for being an erratic, but brilliant business leader. In his first 10 days as Twitter boss, we have seen more of the former than the latter.
But the first 10 days as boss has exposed Mr Musk's lack of experience at running a social media company.However, Mr Musk's initial set of policies seemed at odds with his utterances in the summer.allowed on to the platform This price reduction may have already been decided, but it gave the impression that the pricing had not been thought through, and that famous users were dictating the policy.The policy was due to be implemented in a few days. Anyone could pay to get verified and not only would they receive a blue tick, but they would also have priority in replies, mentions and search. In other words, accounts could now pay for prestige - and to be amplified on the platform.
Others raised questions about what opening up the verification process would do to the spread of disinformation.
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