- Elon Musk attempted to rid Twitter of spam by blocking traffic from roughly 30 mobile carriers around the world, impacting people with two-factor authentication.
- Twitter quickly unblocked the carriers, but the incident highlights growing confusion within the company as it struggles to carry out Musk’s erratic commands.
- Musk has fired employees seen as insufficiently loyal to him, and recently sent an email to Twitter employees threatening to sue people who leak confidential information.
- He has also increasingly advanced the narrative that Twitter was a den of corruption before he bought it, and recently made a baseless smear against a former employee.
- His full-throated embrace of the conservative mainstream has actively degraded Twitter as a news source, and caused anxiety for those who want to make jokes about tech.
- It is time to start leaving Twitter behind and find new alternatives for gathering news and promoting work.
Published December 12, 2022
