Elon’s Latest Moves Highlight Self-Interest, Lack of Vision for Twitter’s Future
Honestly, I don’t see how anybody could still have faith that Elon Musk has some grand plan for reviving Twitter, nor that he could possibly be the ‘singular solution’ to save the platform, as once proclaimed by former CEO Jack Dorsey.
Because while Elon is viewed by many to be a genius, and has played a key role in making significant advances in various cutting-edge technical fields, his time at Twitter has only highlighted the fact that he is compulsive, erratic, self-interested and self-serving, on the grandest scale, which can only reflect poorly on his overall leadership at all of his companies.
Take, for example, Twitter Blue, and his $8 verification checkmark program. Elon doesn’t care about evening the playing field and/or giving everyone a chance to confirm their identity, thus improving the integrity of the app. Elon hates some of the people that already have blue ticks, and he needs money, so he’s re-framed it as some sort of special deal to get back at those pesky elites who look down upon the common folk from their adorned kingdom.