Elon Musk Hints at New Social Media Site After Twitter Poll
The Lord of Twitter Elon Musk has given to the masses but another crumb of hope.
Pointing out to his Twitter followers that sites like theirs as have become a place of public speech. Which is a dangerous fact considering how ideological the Twitter team is and how many people they’ve already removed from the platform. Not even a sitting president is safe from censorship.
So he asked the question…
“The consequences of this poll will be important,” Musk said. “Please vote carefully.”
“Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy," Musk added. “What should be done?”
It’s certainly an interesting idea, and it would be something to see what Musk could potentially come up with, but how many Twitter alternatives do we need at this point? There’s already a multitude of sites like Gettr and Truth Social that are picking up that role. What would be more useful is a proper Facebook alternative.
Twitter’s format works for a lot of things, but Facebook is actually in real trouble right now, and a solid competitor may be able to dethrone it—especially one with Musk’s resources. I know there are already some alternatives to Facebook, such as Parler and Minds… but they’re not quite where they need to be in order to truly compete with Facebook.
At least at the minimum, he’s asking the questions necessary to get the collective gears turning for those who still remain on Twitter.
Maybe the question alone will be enough to create a wave of users leaving to alternative sites.