I certainly share your disinterest in tweets generally, but I find myself forced to acknowledge that Elon has an outsized platform (and not just by virtue of owning the literal platform itself), so what he says about it does, in fact, shape public opinion. I don't like it any more than you do, but I think to fully grapple with this scand…
I certainly share your disinterest in tweets generally, but I find myself forced to acknowledge that Elon has an outsized platform (and not just by virtue of owning the literal platform itself), so what he says about it does, in fact, shape public opinion. I don't like it any more than you do, but I think to fully grapple with this scandal and Elon's role in it, we do have to acknowledge that what he tweets to 212 million people can have a real impact in the world.
I certainly share your disinterest in tweets generally, but I find myself forced to acknowledge that Elon has an outsized platform (and not just by virtue of owning the literal platform itself), so what he says about it does, in fact, shape public opinion. I don't like it any more than you do, but I think to fully grapple with this scandal and Elon's role in it, we do have to acknowledge that what he tweets to 212 million people can have a real impact in the world.
(Btw, love the Zach Woods avatar!)