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Re:Ask HN: What good does running Twitter have to do with ge... by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @02:53AM (#31177067)
Controlling a major social media outlet is an important step for the image management necessary to sell Musk’s vision of turning Mars into a company town worked by debt slaves.
Re:Ask HN: What good does running Twitter have to do with ge... by atoav on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:17AM (#31177195)
What worth is it getting.to mars if there are [gasp] unionization..?

I'd say we should judge Musk's motivation to protect free speech by how much he allows it when it goes against his own interest¹

---- ¹: what I could gather, does not fill me with much hope, e.g.: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-21/elon-musk...