# Will Twitter’s new ownership alter the political landscape? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440 "2022-04-25T22:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/121 "2022-11-02T16:36:48Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Twitter has a front page? [https://twitter.com/](https://twitter.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/122 "2022-11-02T20:37:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Why would she wait until the 9th? UGH - fair question. Meant the 8th. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/123 "2022-11-02T23:13:19Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > [https://twitter.com/](https://twitter.com/) …that’s just your twitter feed. Everyone has a different feed. What Rick\_Kitchen has on their “front page” will be different to what everyone else has. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/124 "2022-11-03T05:00:11Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …that’s just your twitter feed. Incorrect. Do you know how I know? Because I don’t have a Twitter account. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/125 "2022-11-03T06:18:16Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > Incorrect. Do you know how I know? Because I don’t have a Twitter account. …if you don’t have a Twitter account, you are _still_ taken to a random Twitter feed. At the top left corner is a tab that says “for you.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/126 "2022-11-04T00:53:16Z")
Hashtag TrumpIsDead is trending on Twitter in order to test Musks’s dedication to “free speech”. > **['#TrumpIsDead' trends on Twitter as users test Elon Musk's approach to fake news](https://news.sky.com/story/trumpisdead-trends-on-twitter-as-users-test-elon-musks-approach-to-fake-news-12736249)** > > Donald Trump is not dead, nor is he back on Twitter, but the former US president became a top trending topic as users set out to test the stance of the social media platform's new owner on disinformation. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/127 "2022-11-04T04:01:09Z")
I don’t think that means much. Garbage occasionally trends on Twitter, and has for years. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/128 "2022-11-04T04:07:54Z")
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is being treated differently on Twitter: > **[Ocasio-Cortez: Twitter mentions, notifications ‘conveniently’ not working...](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3717444-ocasio-cortez-twitter-mentions-notifications-conveniently-not-working-after-criticism/)** > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said that her mentions and notifications tab on her Twitter account is “conveniently” not working shortly after sharing her criticism… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/129 "2022-11-04T12:53:38Z")
Mr. Thin Skin didn’t like that she made fun of his $8.00 a month plan. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/130 "2022-11-04T12:54:18Z")
This has been such a s\*\*\* show, you can actually claim that it is Stephen King’s $8 a month plan ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/131 "2022-11-07T18:25:30Z")
Elon posted an image of a Nazi soldier, and then later tweeted that independent voters should vote Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/132 "2022-11-07T22:19:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Elon posted an image of a Nazi soldier, and then later tweeted that independent voters should vote Republican. - The Nazi soldier photo was a “cute” reference to unread messages (the soldier had a cage holding three carrier pigeons on his back). All part of normalizing Nazism–job done, Elon!!! ✔ Nazism being normal and acceptable, and “vote Republican”…why do these things seem related? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/133 "2022-11-08T01:18:10Z")
One of my clients pulled all their content from Twitter today. I expect others to follow. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/134 "2022-11-10T01:14:12Z")
Somebody paid $8 to claim to be Lebron James on Twitter, and tweeted that he wanted to be traded from the Lakers. Twitter finally deleted the account when they verified it wasn’t him. > **[LeBron James Is Not Requesting Trade from Lakers, Despite 'Verified' Parody...](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-lakers-trade/)** > > A brand new Twitter account appeared to pay to receive a checkmark badge and pretended to be LeBron James saying he had requested to be traded. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440/135 "2022-11-10T23:45:37Z")
Someone else paid Musk the $8 and posed as the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company: > This is all going to go SO well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-s-new-ownership-alter-the-political-landscape/963440.md?page=6)