The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world

Summary

X, formerly Twitter, faces its largest user exodus, fueled by Elon Musk’s controversial leadership and Donald Trump’s election victory.

Rivals like Bluesky and Threads are gaining traction, with Bluesky surpassing 16 million users.

Musk’s dual role as platform owner and head of Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency raises ethical concerns, particularly as X becomes a hub for alt-right content and political influence.

Speculation grows over a potential merger with Trump’s Truth Social, but tensions between Musk’s business interests and Trump’s policies could strain their relationship, shaping X’s uncertain future.

  • solrize@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 hours ago

    Maybe Musk can turn X over to Alex Jones, if Jones loses Infowars. X can’t get any worse than it already is, right? Right?

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    381·
    4 hours ago

    Speculation grows over a potential merger with Trump’s Truth Social

    Because if that won’t let the rest of the famous people and media get off of Twitter, nothing will.

  • slurpeesoforion@startrek.website
    4·
    2 hours ago

    Trump and musk are locked in a voracious 69. Each trying to be the first to orgasm as to satisfy an ego certain it is dominate over the other.

  • akilou@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    4 hours ago

    Define “end”. It’ll never literally go away because Musk can just keep throwing money down the whole indefinitely. But one metric I’d like to see go to zero is the number of news articles that embed Twitter links as source material.

    • Stern@lemmy.world
      18·
      4 hours ago

      My definition of “end”, in the form of analogy: Myspace still exists too, but its relevance is long over.

    • iopq@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 hours ago

      Everyone I follow suddenly linked to their blue sky accounts now. There’s no reason to be on it anymore