There might not be an easy answer to how Elon Musk wants to achievefree speech absolutism on Twitter.
But theres another issue he has to tackle with his new purchase: making money.
Musk has taken hefty loans from banks with his Tesla shares as collateral.
Some of these loans haveinterest rates as high as $1 billion per year.
So hell likely want the social web link to mint more money toot-suite, and help repay these debts.
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In a string of now-deleted tweets, he explored things likeslashed subscription prices and no ads for paying customers.
So the company heavily relies on ads to make money.
For those keeping scores, Agrawal took on the role at the end of last November.
But those models have had problems, likeirregular payoutsandunclear conditions for creators to be eligible for such programs.
Notably, Twitter already has aSuper followsprogram that allows creators to offer access to exclusive content to their fans.
And like CPO Julie Bestry tweeted, people would just start screenshotting tweets to use them.
Sounds like a sticky situation from the get-go.
Musk could throw all kinds of ideas on the table, but execution will be very hard.
Dont forget, he also has to handle other companies like Tesla and SpaceX.
So he might not be able to give his full attention to Twitter all the time.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.”
