The future owner of Twitter Elon Musk shared another unimpressive idea for expanding the business of the social network. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris / The Met Museum / Vogue (Getty Images)
Elon Musk is considering an ingenious plan to “unlock the potential of Twitter” publicly via Twitter. He has already said that he can charge third parties for embedding tweets. Now Tesla’s CEO says he can charge businesses and governments for tweeting.
In a tweet late Tuesday, which seems to be his favorite way to develop and broadcast his brilliant ideas, Musk said Twitter will always be free for casual users, but that “there may be slight costs for commercial / government users” in the future. . Musk, whose $ 44 billion offer to buy Twitter was accepted in late April, did not provide any further details in his response to a mysterious tweet about Freemasons.
Gizmodo turned to Twitter for comment on Musk’s tweet on Wednesday, but has not received a response so far.
Much is currently unknown about Musk’s plans to boost the development of the social media network. He said freedom of speech on the platform is vital and is expected to significantly reduce Twitter’s moderation policies. Recent reports of his private conversations with banks suggest that the tech mogul has proposed “new ways to make money from tweets that contain important information or go viral,” which will include charging third-party websites to embed or quote tweets from verified accounts.
In a statement announcing his acquisition agreement with Twitter, Musk made vague promises to launch new features and clean the platform of spam bots. (He tweeted that he would “beat the spam bots or die trying!”)
“I also want to make Twitter better than ever by improving the product with new features, making open source algorithms to increase trust, defeat spam bots, and authenticate everyone,” Musk said on April 21. . “Twitter has huge potential – I look forward to working with the company and the user community to unlock it.”
Also Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk had told potential investors that he planned to make Twitter public again in just three years. He is talking to investors who could possibly help finance his $ 44 billion takeover, which he plans to repay in part with loans. Of that amount, he agreed to receive $ 21 billion.
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