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𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗! 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 (𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗘) Basically, they will identify departments where there is government waste, fraud, & and abuse happening and right size them or close them. This is similar to what happened at Twitter when Musk bought it. He fired 80% of the employees and did a major reshuffle. He says that Twitter is still running and it is running even better. This is the same thing that will happen with the government. Musk in an interview said - "There are around 428 federal agencies. There's so many that people have never even heard of. I think we should be able to get away with 99 agencies." So basically, there will be lot of closing down of such government agencies and people might be asked to take voluntary retirement or move to a different department/place. Elon Musk says "all actions of the Department of Government Efficiency [DOGE] will be posted online for maximum transparency." Now this is going to wild because unlike Twitter, where there had been a few lawsuits by people who got terminated, closing down government agencies and firing people won't be so easy. BUT that was Trump's election promise so let's see how it goes. By the way, 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬% after Trump announces the Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE. 👉𝗗𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗼? - #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #USElections2024  #VivekRamaswamy

I think what’s happened with Vice media in recent headlines is indicative of the social bubble some of us find ourselves trapped in. It’s OK to have opinions - but the best opinions are informed ones that account for all angles of a topic. When Musk first took over Twitter and let go of 6,000 employees (80% of his entire workforce) I saw a lot of my colleagues doubting Elon’s vision. When Musk did away with the gaslighting and gatekeeping that the old guard at Twitter enforced on content/opinions/speech- people were quick to label his platform as endorsing hate speech & violence—— but as someone who identifies as conservative with his own opinions on many hot topic issues—— I found Twitter to be more friendly and tolerant than ever before. For me it has become a place where people from extreme right and left can finally talk to one another- and discussion is one of the most important steps in setting differences aside- so rather than Musk’s control of Twitter being devisive - I believe it’s invaluable to mending the bridges between us all. They have a long way to go- but the fact that prominent naysayers are going under while X continues to experience record usership is all I need to know that we must be vigilant of becoming trapped by dogmas and social media bubbles. What do you think?

I've been a long-time member of the Elon Musk hate club, which makes The Guardian's "X-it" a welcome piece of news. But it does underline a few things. First, the early-doors fears surrounding Musk's reign (and its risks to Twitter users) have, sadly, been founded. 🌎 Secondly, global giants like Twitter have phenomenal political sway, which only emphasizes the responsibility of competing businesses to internally regulate, for the better. It also compounds the importance of organisations like BCORP, Patagonia, tentree, Grace & Green, and many others, that use the weight of their impact for good. Third, and finally: always, always... always... approach emerald-mine adjacent billionaires who position themselves as, "the underdog of the people"... with grave caution. ✍️ When things first kicked off at Twitter, I vaguely vented, with a day-by-day run-down of Musk's first few days at the helm (which you can read just below). Between the restrained lines, I said what I felt now: running a business can be an honour, but it's also a responsibility. And that responsibility, in any modern age worth its salt, should extend to an ethics-bound duty of care, for people and the planet. [ ➡️ 30 days of Twitter chaos and the beginnings of how we got here: https://lnkd.in/ey3QMVeH ] #GuardianLeavesX #Twitter #ElonMusk #AmericanElection

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 ... 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹? Thousands of users have fled #Twitter and flocked to #Bluesky like flies to a pile of manure, hoping this Twitter copycat will be more democratic than Elon Musk’s platform. And maybe it is, for now. But we’ve also learned that it’s technically an “illegal” company. The European Union has developed dozens of different laws to regulate tech companies. One of these regulations is the Digital Services Act (DSA). This law requires all companies operating in the EU to disclose the number of users they have within the Union and where they are legally established. Bluesky has yet to take this step, perhaps due to a lack of infrastructure. It doesn’t even have a company representative in Europe. So, EU authorities are already keeping an eye on it. There’s no fine yet. Sources: https://lnkd.in/dcvmh2WQ https://lnkd.in/d_KyZ9Vs

Bluesky, a social media platform, has gained over one million users since the US presidential election, reaching 15 million users, up from 9 million in September. The platform, created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in 2019, has become a refuge for left-leaning users dissatisfied with X (formerly Twitter) under Elon Musk's ownership. Some users cited Musk's alliance with President-elect Donald Trump and the rise in harmful content on X as reasons for leaving. Bluesky has emphasized its stance as a safe space for liberals. Following reports of Musk’s plan to watch the election with Trump, Bluesky posted that none of its team would give any candidate direct access to influence online content. Since Musk's takeover of X in October 2022, the platform has seen multiple waves of user exits, although it still has a much larger user base. After the US election, 115,000 US users deactivated their X accounts, marking the largest single-day drop since Musk’s acquisition, according to Similarweb. . . . . . . . . #InitiateMagazine #Initiate #Initiator #Bluesky #SocialMediaShift #ElonMusk #XPlatform #BlueskyGrowth #UserExodus #TechNews #SocialMediaTrends #DigitalMigration #LeftWingRefuge #OnlineCensorship #MuskControversy #TwitterAlternatives #Election2024 #TechMovements #SocialMediaChanges #ConservativeVsLiberal #DigitalPlatforms #SocialMediaRevolution #BlueskyVsX #ToxicMedia

It's been well over a year since #elonmusk acquired Twitter. I'm still baffled that most libertarians celebrated the event as a triumph of freedom of speech. It was not. And Elon's Twitter is not the solution to free speech. #desoc - Decentralized Social - is. The acquisition symbolized asymmetry, power concentration, and, above all, a fundamentally mistaken idea of how to protect free speech in society. The bulk of the discourse around the acquisition was WHO should have the power to control free speech: A libertarian hero or the "woke" left establishment. Entirely missing that such power should not exist in the first place - not under Elon nor under anyone. The solution is and has always been in decentralized social media. Farcaster, Mastodon, Lens Paragraph - and many like these guys are the solution. The general public has been quick to dismiss these projects as simply a crypto fad. The pushback has consistently been that: a) The #UX is not great. b) There are not enough people on these platforms. But this has changed dramatically recently. And I just wrote an essay on this #transformation on #decentralizedsocialmedia. Read it below: https://lnkd.in/gA9xSF69

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in April 2022, the government did not like it. The reasons put forward through government's narratives were concerns about communication means monopoly, lack of content moderation (against Musk's will to respect freedom of speech), data privacy, market volatility (because of Musk's tweets influential power on financial markets), and even national security. One of the first decisions made by Musk once it took over was to get rid of the long government's arms on Twitter, by firing all the "implants" that infested the platform. The fact is that, what used to be mainstream media, such as television channels, newspapers, and, to a certain extent, radio, are now becoming marginalised by other means such as those available on the internet, podcasts, Twitter, YouTube, and other independent news outlets. Mainstream (legacy) media is now something that you refer to to have a rough idea of what is going on and then you move to other sources. A bit like you use Wikipedia when doing research: you want to find out what something means but you do not trust it, you do not use it, and you do not cite it in your paper. Nowadays, you can have access (if you bother to search for them) to experts opinions on virtually any imaginable subject. #news #media #communication #twitter #legacymedia

Musk and X are facing several lawsuits from former Twitter #employees who claim that they weren’t provided proper severance pay. In our blog, we break down everything that C-suite staff in #Canada need to know. #SamfiruTumarkin #EmploymentLawyer #Rights #X #Twitter #Executive #CEO #Termination #Severance #Compensation

Elon Musk has finally acknowledged what many of us have been noticing - the new Twitter isn't exactly link-friendly. In fact, Musk himself has called out the issue, stating that the platform's "lazy linking" feature is to blame. So, what's happening with links on Twitter? It seems that the platform's algorithm is prioritizing content that keeps users engaged within the app, rather than encouraging them to click on external links. This means that tweets with links are getting less visibility, making it harder for users to share and discover new content. Musk's acknowledgment of the issue is a step in the right direction, but it remains to be seen how Twitter will address the problem. Will they tweak their algorithm to give links more visibility, or will they introduce new features to make sharing and discovering content easier? X #Twitter #ElonMusk #LazyLinking #Algorithm #SocialMedia #LinkSharing #ContentDiscovery #TechNews #OnlineCommunity