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Ben W's avatar

If Musk used $44B to buy Twitter only to destroy it and remove it from society, it will have been one of the great unintentional acts of public service this world has ever seen.

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Ace-K's avatar

Just on a microeconomic level, there seems to be some disconnect here. We keep hearing about how

A) As Josh says, journalists are behaving irresponsibly on Twitter, damaging the credibility of their employers, and making the newspapers less profitable etc.

B) The newspaper industry is dying, there’s a massive overproduction of would-be journalists and other literary types, there’s fewer jobs in journalism every day and starting wages for a writer, especially in a major city, are unlivable.

The synthesis of A and B is that the newspapers hold the upper hand. Just tell your employees not to tweet! You don’t need an excuse. What are they gonna do?

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