THINK ABOUT THIS ... OK. Elon Doesn't Get It.
Written by Shelly Palmer
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2022
Welcome to the 'Elon Channel,' where it's 'All Elon, All The Time.' (Hopefully this will not be true tomorrow!)
My Sunday essay was about What Twitter Sells, a primer about the core product of every social media platform (including Twitter). I wrote it so that you could draw your own conclusions about whether Elon is smart enough to know he's not smart enough.
This morning's nonsense about charging for Twitter verification offers greater support for the Elon is 'cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs' theory of the case. Let's review in more detail.
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