I am increasingly edging towards leaving twitter.
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I never bothered with it given the usual tone and the obvious level of censorship.
But watching the train wreck from afar has been entertaining. I do hope after the pieces settle that we have something reasonably functional as a town square.
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I stopped using twitter in 2016. 
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Honestly, after the Twitter dumps, Iâm horrified of how much of a 1984 world weâre living in. I mention on occasion of how a certain socio-political slice of the spectrum is taking over the news media, bureaucracy, education, entertainment, all the pillars of society, for a monopoly on thought and speech. The collusion of social media with the Alphabet Agencies, even the Department of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence for crying out loud - and particularly during an election year - should alarm everyone.
Letâs try another angle. Has anyone noticed that comedy has almost died, save for a few souls who donât give a ratâs tail what anyone thinks?
I have a feeling this is falling on deaf ears, because the mainstream media refuses to deal with this issue rationally, or at all. And if the mainstream media canât honestly report on their own, this world is headed for a bad place. Or a revolt of the ârabble.â
âAll (people) are created equal. But some are more equal than others.â
Something had to happen. This is probably the best case scenario to a power block that refuses transparency in the face of unlawful conduct.
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No one has a sense of humor anymore⌠
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One Twitter user I follow pointed out a funny disagreement between something Elon said a while ago, and a recent Twitter policy change:
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âAfter I tipped over the slurry tank and flooded the market square, I decided to move to the next village. Bye! PS: Somebody should clean that upâ
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âHe bought the company, made a point of showcasing what he believed was broken and manipulated under previous management, then turns around and manipulates the platform to force engagement on all users to hear only his voice,â said a current employee. âI think weâre past the point of believing that he actually wants whatâs best for everyone here.â
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I saw it coming when he bought it. Completly centralizing the control (taking the company private) was never going to make it better for free speech.
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The important thing is that the government collusion was brought to light (even though highly suspected before.) This would be a direct violation of constitutional free speech.
However when it comes to integrity when holding the keys to power, I suspect few would pass the test.
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WTF is that guy up to?!
I used to think he was ok for a rich guy. But every week he does something that drops him lower and lower in my estimation. And I know Iâm not alone. It makes me sad. 
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Heâs making a big mistake I call âsubtractive monetizingâ where features that were free before are taken away and put behind a paywall. This almost always drives users away from a platform. âAdditive monetizingâ is much better, where new features are added with paywalls. But no, apparently the owner of so many innovative businesses doesnât want to innovate in order to monetize his social media app.
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The closing statement of that article killed me:
Twitter could not be reached for comment by Mashable as the company no longer has a communications department under Musk.
Looks like heâs no even trying to stop that ship from sinking anymore.
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I wonder if he invested in Tik-Tok shares instead? (did I spell that right?)
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To be honest, that seems to be the only sensible way it could work. Nobody could possibly provide millions of customers with a reliable verification process for free. Making the system freely available to anyone may seem democratic, but in reality it just leads to industrial scale abuse.
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But now, to vote in polls you must pay
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