During the same interview, Musk also joked about the similarities between the words Hamas and hummus.

In some ways, the worst thing about him is his so-called sense of humor.

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      Hundreds of millions of people use it, including journalists.

      Those same people use Dell keyboards and Samsung phones, for example, to make their posts. If twitter disappears, they post elsewhere. It’s a tool, not a self sufficient producer of content.

      It directs content to be in a certain format. That format skews towards screechy arguments with little context or nuance.

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        And not a lot of hundreds of millions. 400 at the peak of its popularity. Which puts it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down in terms of actual popularity in the social media sphere.