{"id":1452877,"date":"2022-04-25T13:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452877"},"modified":"2022-04-25T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:14:41","slug":"heres-everything-elon-musk-says-he-wants-to-change-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-everything-elon-musk-says-he-wants-to-change-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Everything Elon Musk Says He Wants to Change on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fheres-everything-elon-musk-says-he-wants-to-change-on-twitter%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=1452877&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><\/div>\n<p>A deal for Elon Musk&#8217;s takeover of Twitter appears imminent, with <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Bloomberg\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-25\/twitter-said-on-track-to-reach-deal-with-musk-as-soon-as-monday-l2en88t0?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&#038;utm_content=business&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-25\/twitter-said-on-track-to-reach-deal-with-musk-as-soon-as-monday-l2en88t0?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&#038;utm_content=business&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reporting the company is in advanced talks with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we&#8217;re watching: <\/strong>Here&#8217;s a look at everything Musk has said he wants to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>State of play:<\/strong> Musk and Twitter <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"kicked off negotiations on Sunday\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/twitter-serious-elon-musk-deal-f4e99535-bcb6-4478-b8a8-396db344c763.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/twitter-serious-elon-musk-deal-f4e99535-bcb6-4478-b8a8-396db344c763.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">kicked off negotiations on Sunday<\/a> after Musk presented shareholders with details of his $43 billion offer. He&#8217;s insisted his $54.20 per share bid is his &#8220;best and final&#8221; offer \u2014 a sticking point in negotiations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>An edit button<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Musk noted the social media platform&#8217;s<\/strong> lack of an edit button back in a <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"2019 tweet\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1119180045556178949\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1119180045556178949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 tweet<\/a>: &#8220;Where\u2019s the edit function when you really need it!?&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In April 2022, Musk <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"polled\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511143607385874434\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511143607385874434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polled<\/a> his followers on whether they&#8217;d want an edit button. About 74% of more than 4.4 million respondents voted yes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Worth noting:<\/strong> Twitter <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"confirmed\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterComms\/status\/1511456430024364037\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterComms\/status\/1511456430024364037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> after the poll it is working on an edit button, adding, &#8220;No, we didn&#8217;t get the idea from a poll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>Long-form tweets<\/h5>\n<p>Musk has also suggested allowing long-form tweets. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"commented\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1515080561643208710\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1515080561643208710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commented<\/a> on a long Twitter thread in April 2022: &#8220;My most immediate takeaway from this novella of a thread is that Twitter is *way* overdue for long form tweets!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where it stands: <\/strong>Twitter has a 280 character limit. The company increased from a 140 characters in 2017. <\/p>\n<h5>Spam bots and authentication<\/h5>\n<p>Musk <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"once called\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511230314902953984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511230314902953984%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moneycontrol.com%2Fnews%2Ftrends%2Felon-musks-single-most-annoying-problem-on-twitter-8318991.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511230314902953984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511230314902953984%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moneycontrol.com%2Fnews%2Ftrends%2Felon-musks-single-most-annoying-problem-on-twitter-8318991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once called<\/a> spam bots &#8220;the single most annoying problem&#8221; on Twitter. He <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"tweeted\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517215066550116354\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517215066550116354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in April 2022: &#8220;If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!&#8221; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He wrote in a reply to that tweet that Twitter would &#8220;authenticate all real humans&#8221; under his ownership. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Open-source algorithm<\/h5>\n<p>Musk has said he&#8217;s concerned about bias being inherent to Twitter&#8217;s algorithm \u2014 which he said he&#8217;d solve with an open-source algorithm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In late March 2022, he <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"tweeted\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507037126654939140\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507037126654939140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;I\u2019m worried about de facto bias in &#8216;the Twitter algorithm&#8217; having a major effect on public discourse. How do we know what\u2019s really happening?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Musk <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"polled\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507041396242407424\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507041396242407424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polled<\/a> his followers on whether they&#8217;d support an open-source algorithm. About 83% ff more than 1.1 million respondents said they would.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be smart: <\/strong>An open-source algorithm would make publicly available the calculus which determines what appears on a person&#8217;s Twitter feed.<\/p>\n<h5>Content moderation<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Musk has outlined his <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"free speech-first vision\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-ted-357c5b2f-b973-4d30-ae50-26bb1f1c0744.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-ted-357c5b2f-b973-4d30-ae50-26bb1f1c0744.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech-first vision<\/a><\/strong> for Twitter. He said at the TED2022 conference in April 2022 he thinks Twitter should not regulate content beyond what is required by the laws of the countries it operates in.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;A lot of people are going to be super unhappy with West Coast high tech as the de facto arbiter of free speech,&#8221; Musk said in a <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"tweeted\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1348688644173934593\" data-vars-content-id=\"45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f\" data-vars-headline=\"Everything Elon Musk has said he wants to change about Twitter\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1348688644173934593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in January 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our thought bubble: <\/strong>It&#8217;s easier to advocate broad policy change from the outside of a company like Twitter than to enact it from within. It&#8217;s also worth remembering that Musk has been a mercurial tweeter, and his plans could easily change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go deeper: <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deal for Elon Musk&#8217;s takeover of Twitter appears imminent, with Bloomberg reporting the company is in advanced talks with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.What we&#8217;re watching: Here&#8217;s a look<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"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-1452877","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\/1452877","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452877\/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=1452877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}