\u201cBuy Twitter\u201d trends as Elon Musk fans demand he purchases social media giant YouTube: PewDiePie\u201cBuy Twitter\u201d began trending online after Elon Musk gave his opinion on the app, with fans calling for the Tesla CEO to purchase the huge social media platform. On March 25, billionaire Elon Musk launched a poll on Twitter, saying \u201cFree speech is essential to a functioning democracy,\u201d and asked followers, \u201cdo you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?\u201d Over 70% answered \u2018No,\u2019 with just under 30% answering, \u2018Yes,\u2019 which prompted Musk to write: \u201cGiven that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?\u201d He went on to ask \u201cis a new platform needed?\u201d Many were in agreement, but some even suggested that Musk, \u201cjust buy Twitter,\u201d with one user joking that he should \u201cchange the bird logo to a doge,\u201d to which he replied, \u201chaha that would [be] sickkk.\u201d \u201cYou should buy and reinstitute actual free speech on this site,\u201d Clay Travis wrote, with another user saying: \u201cElon Musk needs to buy Twitter.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liberty_Zoomer\/status\/1507895576884617217 You should buy @twitter and reinstitute actual free speech on this site. https:\/\/t.co\/iccR1b2UgE \u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 26, 2022 However, there were many who strongly opposed the idea of Musk buying Twitter, with one user writing: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how people are begging Elon Musk to buy Twitter to save it from censorship and also to ban anyone who doesn\u2019t agree with them.\u201d Another wrote: \u201cAll these folks urging Elon Musk to buy Twitter because they hate Twitter. Yet none of them have the courage to click that \u201cdeactivate your account\u201d button and go elsewhere.\u201d It’s amazing how people are begging Elon Musk to buy twitter to save it from censorship and also to ban anyone who doesn’t agree with them. These idiots couldn’t be self aware to save their lives. \u2014 Maswartz (@Maswartz226) March 26, 2022 All these folks urging Elon Musk to buy Twitter because they hate Twitter. Yet none of them have the courage to click that \u201cdeactivate your account\u201d button and go elsewhere. I mean, they have options and yet here they are every day. \u2014 \u14aa\u15e9\u144e\u1455\u15f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf08 (@LanceUSA70) March 26, 2022 After one user suggested that Musk create his own social media platform with an \u201copen-source algorithm,\u201d he also replied: \u201cAm giving serious thought to this.\u201d It\u2019s not clear whether anything will come of the debate, but Twitter users were clearly divided by the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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