Twitter would lose its essence and could become like My Space or Yahoo in the hands of Elon Musk

Since Elon Musk made the purchase of Twitter, last year, the CEO of Tesla caused controversy among users of the social network due to the changes it has made. Between criticism from some and praise from others, Twitter’s future seems uncertain in Musk’s hands.

One of the technology magnate’s biggest critics is precisely one of the founders of Twitter. eve williamsalong with other of his associates, publicly expressed their displeasure with how Musk is managing the platformin an interview with Bloomberg.

According to Williams, the Twitter purchase was rushed and he felt sad when it was done. Since then, he has not been encouraged by the changes at Twitter and believes he is it will be “much harder” for the app to maintain its image now that “the brand is very tied to Elon”.

The leadership problem could cause Twitter’s popularity to drop more than expected, while the social network will quickly do so my space or yahoocomplained Williams. Both platforms were very popular at the time, but lost their essence and ceased to be of interest to their users..

The Twitter founder told Bloomberg that while Yahoo still exists and can be seen as “thriving,” “its reputation is very different,” and that’s the path Musk appears to be taking.

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the attitude of eve williams And Jack Dorsey, another founder, are vastly different from a year ago. They were the most optimistic that Elon Musk would own the platform.

Williams had noticed that he was excited about the Musk acquisitionand that he expected him to have “respect for the people who have run” the company, “particularly in terms of trust and security”.

While Biz Stone, also a Twitter developer, was the first to voice his displeasure in a tweet in December last year. “Not a Serious Person”Stone tweeted. “He does things for the sport that have serious consequences for real people. This is an open and global service,” he wrote without explicitly mentioning Musk.

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The only other co-founder of Twitter, Noah Glassrarely speaks on Twitter and is apparently the only one refusing to share an opinion about Musk’s leadership.

Since October, Elon Musk has disappointed the social network’s founders by making decisions including dissolving Twitter’s trust and security council, cutting the team, and resigning trust and security chiefs Yoel Roth and Ella Irwin.

“I don’t know how comfortable Elon is with losing billions of dollars”Williams told Bloomberg. ‘Maybe it’s okay. Maybe I can break even and then just play with it. If a hundred million people in the world share the most interesting idea or thought, and computers could algorithmically give you the most interesting part of that, that’s a great media service, but I also think news generally doesn’t come from of the old,” he added.

The founder of Twitter believes that social networks are not as relevant today as they were years ago, and believes that we can take a new path.