Whether you view it as a riotously over-covered platform that happens to be an obsession of politicos, journos and all manner of wackos, or if you just think of Twitter as the dagger in the back of a prone civilization as it bleeds out on a cold sidewalk, you have to acknowledge it’s probably never been more topical.
Any moment now, Donald J. Trump will re-emerge on Twitter after a 22-month ban for some kind of technical violation — what was it again? Oh yeah, igniting a violent attempted overthrow of the United States government. The former Buffoonatic-in-Chief will soon be tweeting his vituperative “thoughts” at the sudden urging of self-described head twit Elon Musk, who desperately needs a headliner for his flailing freak show.
Musk, already losing hundreds of millions per week on tanking Tesla stock, can’t afford to keep Twitter alive without Trump and his 80 million followers (or perhaps with them). So Musk’s stated intention that restoring banned accounts would be a matter for a “content moderation panel” quickly devolved into a one-question Twitter poll that asked for a simple yea-or-nay on whether users wanted the 45th president back on the platform. Fifty-two percent of respondents said yes, a higher approval rating than at any time in his presidency. In fact, Musk’s impromptu survey was the only popular vote Trump ever won.
