The strange 'Twitter 2.0' planet

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that?Elon Musk?(finally) acquired?Twitter?on?October 27 ?after a long legal battle. The start of his reign as CEO (or “Chief Twit ” as he called himself) hasn’t been without controversies.

Here is a compilation of the weirdest “Twitter 2.0” moments thus far:

• As soon as the deal closed, Musk abruptly?fired ?the company’s then?CEO?(Parag Agrawal), and?CFO?(Ned Segal) as well as other key executives. On October 31, Musk clarified his CEO status.
• Between October 27-29, a number of anonymous accounts?tested the limits ?of the platform’s moderation framework under new ownership by posting thousands of?racist slurs. Musk is known to have?dubbed himself ?a “free-speech absolutist”, yet doesn’t see Twitter as a “free-for-all hellscape ” in the future.
• On October 30, Musk?hinted ?that defunct short-form video platform?Vine?could be revived. Twitter previously shut it down in 2016.
• On October 31, the company’s?board?got dissolved . A securities filing?identifies ?Musk as Twitter’s sole director.
• On November 1, Musk?suggested ?charging $8 per month for a?verified blue check mark.
• On November 5,?50% of Twitter’s workforce?is?laid off ?through a drastic cost-cutting process. The company later?called back ?several employees who were deemed “too essential” or “fired in error”.
• A pay-for-verification plan is clearly?visible ?in some users’ iOS update?on November 5. Sources later?confirmed ?such would be pushed back after the U.S. midterm elections occurring on November 8.
• On November 6, Musk specifies that Twitter accounts that?impersonate persons?without a “parody” mention?would be banned . Some users then changed their names to "Elon Musk,"; they were suspended soon after (including comedian?Kathy Griffin ).

That’s all for know… but given Elon Musk’s affinity for grandiosity, rest assured more strange moments will come…