As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used it as a microphone to amplify his political views and those of the often right-wing figures he’s aligned with.

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he’s aligned with. There are few modern parallels to his antics, but then again there are few modern parallels to Elon Musk himself.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s crazy that Twitter has such an outsized influence on the public, and I think it’s because news outlets amplify it so much.

    It doesn’t have that many active users. And news rarely covers other platforms when something makes a lot of noise and reaches many eyeballs.