{"id":1427683,"date":"2022-04-10T13:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427683"},"modified":"2022-04-10T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T17:59:40","slug":"elon-musk-serious-about-potentially-turning-twitters-headquarters-into-homeless-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-serious-about-potentially-turning-twitters-headquarters-into-homeless-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk \u2018Serious\u2019 About Potentially Turning Twitter\u2019s Headquarters Into \u2018Homeless Shelter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-serious-about-potentially-turning-twitters-headquarters-into-homeless-shelter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Musk-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Entrepreneur Elon Musk said over the weekend that he is seriously considering Twitter\u2019s headquarters into a homeless shelter because so many people work remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Musk first teased the idea in a Twitter poll, asking, \u201cConvert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway[?]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than 1.5 million votes cast, more than 91% of respondents responded \u201cy,\u201d or yes.<\/p>\n<p>Musk later wrote about the idea, \u201cI\u2019m serious about this one btw.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m serious about this one btw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1513199588454264832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk\u2019s tweets come just days after it was revealed that he became Twitter\u2019s largest shareholder after he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/some-people-are-dusting-off-their-resumes-elon-musk-is-stirring-fear-among-twitter-employees\">purchased<\/a> a 9.2% stake in the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Musk said that he was giving \u201cserious thought\u201d to launching a new social media platform that would be transparent with its algorithms, prioritize free speech, and would keep propaganda to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who is the co-founder of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, made the remarks in response to a tweet that asked, \u201cWould you consider building a new social media platform, @elonmusk?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne that would consist an open source algorithm, one where free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority, one where propaganda is very minimal,\u201d the tweet continued. \u201cI think that kind of a platform is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cAm giving serious thought to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/doesnt-sound-very-balanced-elon-musk-hints-he-may-launch-new-platform-to-take-on-twitter\">conducted<\/a> an informal poll late in March, which stated: \u201cFree speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 2 million people responded to the poll with 70.4% saying that Twitter did not adhere to the principle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequences of this poll will be important,\u201d Musk continued. \u201cPlease vote carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk followed up on the poll on Saturday, writing: \u201cGiven that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs a new platform needed?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuy Twitter,\u201d political commentator Mike Cernovich responded. \u201cIf you\u2019re a leftist making death threats against conservatives. or organizing riots, Twitter respects your freedom of speech. Twitter also respects the freedom of speech for media hoaxes like when every major outlet framed an innocent Covington high school kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cDoesn\u2019t sound very balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur Elon Musk said over the weekend that he is seriously considering Twitter\u2019s headquarters into a homeless shelter because so many people work remotely.Musk first teased the idea in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1427683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}