Elon Musk — the world’s wealthiest man who thinks transphobic memes are funny — doesn’t think Twitter “rigorously adheres” to the principle of free speech, so he’s considering starting his own social media platform. Just after 3:30 a.m. this past Friday, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX tweeted a poll asking his nearly 79.5 million followers if they agreed with his PoliSci 101 course logic, with over 70 percent of respondents offering a resounding, completely objective “Yes.”
The following day, Musk confirmed he was “giving serious thought” to the idea, responding to someone who requested a version of Twitter, but “an open source algorithm, one where free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority, one where propaganda is very minimal.” There are, of course, a number of alternatives to Twitter already in existence, some even open-source like Mastodon.
