Despite the way Elon Musk and a certain sub-section of society are framing it the real reason Twitter employees might be mad outside of genuine concerns about the future of Twitter under Musk might be this. According to reports, Musk ‘s talks with banks to secure funding for his takeover actually included very different talking points than what he actually appears to have told the public. Reuters discovered that during some of those talks with banks Musk admitted that he would likely starting charging for websites to embed tweets and other things along those lines. Lots of these things appear to have been real pitches but it is unclear if they would actually go through however they do paint a picture of what Twitter would look like if Elon gets his way.
Most of these things aren’t being tweeted by Elon Musk in his quest to convince the public that he won’t turn Twitter into some conservative think tank that wants to rever
But it gets worse from there. The same report suggests that Musk plans to lay off a ton of people almost as soon as his takeover is complete. In case it couldn’t get any worse Musk also apparently plans to figure out ways for influencers to further invade Twitter by offering up payment to big names and emerging names to create for the site itself. Sources noted to Reuters and Bloomberg that Musk ‘s focus isn’t so much free speech as it is to boost the company’s bottom line and even touted his success at Tesla s means to be able to actually do so.
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