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Elon Musk’s X is no Twitter: Is there still any magic left?

2023/11/1
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Nyakio Grieco
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Yasmin Gagne
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Max Ufberg: 马斯克对推特（现X）的收购和一系列变革，包括改名、大规模裁员、付费认证机制等，对公司造成了严重的负面影响。内容审核机制的削弱导致虚假信息泛滥，财务状况恶化，员工士气低落。尽管马斯克声称要解决机器人问题，但其收购价格过高，且最初试图反悔。至今，推特也没有出现真正成功的竞争对手，而那些新兴平台规模都远小于推特。马斯克的目标是将X打造成一个类似微信的"超级应用"，但这需要一个合理的付费模式，而目前X的付费机制并未得到用户的广泛认可。此外，广告商的流失也对X的收入造成了巨大的打击。 Yasmin Gagne: 对马斯克收购推特一年来的影响进行了总结和反思，并提出了一些关键问题，例如：推特未来发展方向、马斯克的管理方式、以及琳达·伊卡里诺作为CEO的实际权力等。 Josh Christensen: 就马斯克的管理方式、X的未来发展方向、以及与其他社交媒体平台的竞争等方面提出了自己的观点。

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This chapter discusses the dramatic changes at Twitter under Elon Musk's ownership, including staff layoffs, changes to the verification process, and the platform's rebranding to X. It also explores the impact on content moderation and user experience, as well as the broader implications for social media platforms.

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A year ago, Elon Musk bought Twitter for a whopping $44 billion. Since then the platform has changed dramatically . . . even its name. Senior staff editor Max Ufberg joins us again to break down what’s been going on at Twitter, er X, over the past year.

Also, “Black women are the fastest-growing segment of entrepreneurs in this country,” says Nyakio Grieco, “yet still receive less than 1% of venture funding.” Grieco, founder of Relevant Skin and cofounder of Thirteen Lune, chats about her experience as a Black female entrepreneur and creating a beauty brand that’s exclusively inclusive. “We all have melanin, so this is a melanin-safe brand for all,” she says. But Grieco’s mission in launching Relevant Skin was to come up with products that wouldn’t be harmful to people with more melanin in their skin, which includes Black people and other people of color, so she did a deep dive along with her chemist. Grieco explained that the more melanin you have, the more prone you are to eczema, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation. . . . “So, we want it to build efficacious products, steeped in history [with] timeless ingredients, as well as be married to the best science to make sure no one feels left out at the shelf.”

For more MIC behind-the-scenes, check out Yaz at @yazzyg on Instagram and Josh @joshuagchris on TikTok!