Elon Musk takes a dig at Twitter, Web3 and NFTs, on Twitter
Within the run-up to Tesla Inc Chief Govt Elon Musk’s public disclosure of a $3 billion stake in Twitter, the billionaire had criticized the microblogging web site for failing to stick to free speech ideas and mentioned he was considering constructing a brand new social media platform.
The world’s richest individual prior to now months has mentioned he’s a free speech absolutist, whereas being vocal in opposition to Web3, a time period for a utopian model of the web that’s decentralized and whose business spine is the non-fungible tokens (NFT).
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Mr Musk, although energetic proponents of cryptocurrencies, share skepticism across the metaverse, NFTs and Web3, what some deem to be the evolution of the web.
From ridiculing Twitter’s new CEO to calling NFT profile photos “annoying”, here is a listing of Musk’s tweets and feedback on Twitter, Web3, NFTs and free speech.
Date, Tweet:
March 15, 2021: Mr Musk tweeted, “I am promoting this track about NFTs as an 2021 NFT.” The tweet included a track with the lyrics – “NFT in your self-importance. Computer systems by no means sleep. It is verified. It is assured.” The subsequent day, he tweeted: “Truly, does not really feel fairly proper promoting this. Will move.”
December 1: Mr Musk posted a meme evaluating new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal 2021 with Joseph Stalin
December 2: “Web3 feels like bs”, mentioned Musk, responding to a thread 2021 by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman
December 21: Mr Musk mocked the Web3 idea, in a tweet, he mentioned, “Has 2021 anybody seen web3? I can not discover it.”
January 21, 2022: In a Twitter thread calling the NFT profile image 2022 function annoying, Mr Musk mentioned, “Twitter is spending engineering assets on this bs whereas crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block get together in each thread!?”
February 22: Mr Musk, identified for creating authentic memes, tweeted a picture 2022 mocking the progress of the world broad internet, ridiculing Web3.
March 5: In a tweet claiming some governments requested Starlink to 2022 block Russian information sources, Mr Musk mentioned, “Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.”
March 24: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey mentioned in a quote tweet, “The 2022 alternative of which algorithm to make use of (or not) ought to be open to everybody”
March 24: Mr Musk requested in a ballot if Twitter’s algorithm ought to be open 2022 supply.
March 26: Mr Musk mentioned Twitter failing to stick to free speech 2022 ideas basically undermines democracy and requested if a brand new platform was wanted.
April 4: In his first tweet because the disclosure of his stake in 2022 Twitter, he mentioned, “Oh hello lol.”
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