News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter. Parent comment

Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by n0mn on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:20AM (#30906309)
> It is the very fact that twitter is a public company to begin with, that is pushing it to extremes.

I would argue that the drift toward extremism has much more to do with the advertising revenue business model.

Content that enrages, engages. More user engagement = more revenue.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by SuoDuanDao on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:46AM (#30907252)
yes, but being a public company prevents it from doing anything that deliberately lowers revenues. As a private company they'd be less beholden to advertisers.
[ Parent | on HN ]