X’s owner, Elon Musk, played an important role in Donald Trump’s victory in the US general elections. Following these events, X experienced the biggest loss of users in the platform’s history. Musk was appointed as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency by Trump after the election, while it was recorded that the rival social media platform Bluesky gained 1 million users in 24 hours.
Bluesky, which emerged as a competitor to X, reached 16 million users and gained 1 million new users in 24 hours last week.
Hundreds of thousands of US users have left the X platform since Donald Trump’s election victory on November 6.
The reason for these user losses is shown as X’s owner Elon Musk.
Musk, the richest man in the world, played a key role in Trump’s election victory by transforming the social media platform.
He is also able to continue his leadership in the private sector with Tesla, SpaceX and X.
Thus, for the first time, a tech billionaire is in a position of influence not only through the media, but also directly on democracy.
However, after Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, he fired content moderators and charged fees for account verification, causing users to abandon the platform.
INCREASED UNCONFIDENCE
In the process, Trump’s account was reactivated and Twitter was rebranded as “X.”
The rise of far-right content, hate speech and bot accounts on the platform has increased unrest among X users.
Author Stephen King left the platform, saying X had become “too toxic”. Famous artists Barbra Streisand and Jamie Lee Curtis have also left X.
In such a case, whose interests will be the priority? Will Musk support the authoritarian regimes he does business with instead of criticizing them? Or will it be the other way around?
Mark Carrigan claimed that X will become a “political super app” to spread Trump’s ideas.
He stated that this situation could overshadow Facebook and Fox News in the Republican Party’s digital strategy.
While Trump is pursuing a tough policy against China, China is one of Tesla’s biggest markets.
Similarly, while Trump is campaigning against electric vehicle production, Musk is leading this sector.
