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Reason
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Twitter Was Toxic Long Before Musk Took Over

Does Elon Musk know what he's doing? Every move "chief twit" Elon Musk has made since purchasing Twitter has been closely and widely scrutinized—with a lot of folks quickly jumping to the conclusion that Twitter is now doomed.

Musk has been making a lot of eyebrow-raising moves. He dissolved Twitter's current board and became its sole director. (It's "just temporary," he tweeted.) He shared a conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. And The Verge reported on Sunday that Musk is planning on charging people $20 per month to keep the blue check mark that signifies verified status.

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