“Oh hail King Musk!” his subjects chant. Twitter has been in the hands of Elon Musk for quite some time now, and we’ve already seen some drastic changes. Most of these changes are good, and some of them are not. Musk’s democratization of the blue checkmark (in that he is enfranchising anyone willing to pay), a symbol that once denoted not only general notoriety but also prestige—and not meritocratic prestige, but more like “Bow down to me, serf” prestige—will have serious implications for the social media website.
Twitter and Democracy: Some Brief Notes
Twitter and Democracy: Some Brief Notes
Twitter and Democracy: Some Brief Notes
“Oh hail King Musk!” his subjects chant. Twitter has been in the hands of Elon Musk for quite some time now, and we’ve already seen some drastic changes. Most of these changes are good, and some of them are not. Musk’s democratization of the blue checkmark (in that he is enfranchising anyone willing to pay), a symbol that once denoted not only general notoriety but also prestige—and not meritocratic prestige, but more like “Bow down to me, serf” prestige—will have serious implications for the social media website.