The world's richest person in the world, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is planning to take over the social media app of all social media apps–Twitter.
But let's say we're there already. An unnamed Redditor asked:
"Elon Musk just bought Twitter. What happens next?"
People on social media could follow a trend.
Following A Trend
"People pretend to leave but don't actually leave."
– MrBananaStorm
The Other Platform
"Also: people declaring they're leaving for Instagram without realizing that's owned by Zucc."
– majima__goro
Owned
"next Elon buys Reddit."
– sanman
On To The Next
"Paperwork. Then checks cut to the stockholders to buy them out."
– User Deleted
The potential buyout might not cause any mayhem at all.
Life Goes On
"For me, nothing. Continue with my daily life without twitter, that sh*ts toxic."
– itsMondaybackwards
Ignorance Is Bliss
"Yea why are people so angry about this? I'm genuinely asking, I don't know anything about twitter and Elon Musk."
– doggrimoire
Some Things Never Change
"Nothing, Twitter stays the same hellhole lmao."
– ilovecatfish
No New Customer
"I'm not sure I care. Don't use it now, won't use it when he owns it."
– bh0
Some people are just bracing themselves.
Lies Resume
"The return of Donald Trump on twitter."
– laja7
Indication Of Damages Done
"Musk is wanting to boot the bots, which should undermine tons of election interference, but I fear they've already created a self-perpetuating monster. Twitter may be unable to distinguish between extremist and algorithm. Regardless of his success, it is a job that needs to be done."
– borg286
It's Conditional
"If he succeeds in removing 'unauthentic' content, it could be good for discourse. If he turns it into a misinformation free for all, I’m out."
– pallentx
No one knows for sure what's in store for us in a world of Musk ruling over the Twitterverse.
But let's focus on and help fast-track autonomous vehicles for safe public transportation before Twitter begins a potential crash-and-burn trajectory.
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