Conversation

Elon Musk is dropping any and all pretense and just banning journalists and critics. He’s not about free speech. He’s about personal validation.

He is taking one of the most important social media platforms — used by journalists, government officials, whistleblowers, and activists — and turning into Parlor out of vanity.

What he doesn’t get — or may be he does — is that the friendlier he makes Twitter to the far right the more he will erode whatever cultural relevance the platform has.