“I want to try to help the humanity I love,” says Elon Musk after buying Twitter and the rumour mill is buzzing.
On 27 October, Elon Musk bought the Twitter platform for a whopping $44 billion. He also dissolved the platform”s board of directors and appointed himself as the only new director. There are currently a number of confirmed and unconfirmed changes coming up.
This is what Elon Musk wants to change on Twitter
In a lengthy Twitter statement, the world”s richest man elaborates on why he bought the platform in the first place. According to the statement, he wants to create a place where users can freely, but civilly, discuss all topics with each other. The reason is not that he wants to make more money, but because he wants to try to help his beloved humanity.
With all of Twitter”s partners, Musk wants to create something very special.
Dear Twitter Advertisers pic.twitter.com/GMwHmInPAS
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022
So in the future he plans to have inactive accounts deleted from Twitter to free up their @ again. Many users have wanted this feature for a long time.
Request for @Twitter mgmt. Please purge all inactive accounts. There are so many inactives sitting on excellent Twitter handles. Rule should be: If you have been inactive for more than a year, you have 30 days to log in. If not account gets deleted. @Jason @elonmusk @DavidSacks
– Erich Rusch (@erichjrusch) October 31, 2022
In addition, Elon Musk wants to form a new committee to deal with controversial content. Until then, however, no major decisions are to be made regarding account recovery or content policy.
To be super clear, we have not yet made any changes to Twitter”s content moderation policies https://t.co/k4guTsXOIu
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2022
Despite this, the rumour mill is buzzing. On 7 November, for example, the first major change will allegedly come into force.
What is Elon Musk rumoured to change about Twitter?
According to the online magazine (TheVerge) Musk may have instructed Twitter employees to increase the price of “(Twitter Blue)” from 4.99 to 19.99 US dollars. This subscription model is not yet available here in Germany and has unlocked extra features on the platform for users in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
@sriramk any chance in helping with verification? Denied some 4-5 times despite large following and working to share spaceflight/rocket launches to the masses via my photography. Published in a plethora of huge outlets but Twitter doesn”t seem to care! https://t.co/efL1l1H2d9
– John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) October 30, 2022
He must have given the employees a deadline of 7 November for this change.
Musk wants to revive Vine?
Vine is effectively the forerunner of TikTok, YouTube shorts and co. In 2012, the video platform was bought by Twitter before it was closed 4 years later. Now Elon Musk is apparently planning to bring Vine back to the light of day.
According to the magazine (AXIOS) Twitter employees said Musk told them to look at Vine”s old codes. Perhaps the app could go online as early as the end of 2022. The new boss also started a poll on Twitter about Vine:
Bring back Vine?
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2022
