According to woke celebrities and the mainstream media, X formerly known as Twitter is about to meet its demise. They claim users are fleeing the social media platform, for alternatives such as Bluesky.
The left doesn’t like to do this but let’s look at the facts, only 115,000 users are reported to have left X, out of 335.7 million active monthly users.
In comparison, Bluesky trails behind with only 18 million users, it’s hardly a mass exodus.
It’s not surprising that some are reeling from the result of the US presidential election, with the words of President-Elect Trump sending some users into meltdown.
Just like Trump’s return to the White House, a few people leaving X for another social platform more akin to an echo chamber was inevitable. The truth hurts!
Why will X prevail over its rivals: it’s simple the social media platform is led by one of the most imaginative and efficient innovators of the modern era in Elon Musk, who brings an almost Trump level of personality to the mix, something rivals can’t compete with.
As Britain’s most consequential politician, Nigel Farage, once said to me, "Personality matters".
More Importantly, X champions free speech. Unlike its rivals, and will succeed because it encourages debate, and is not a boring echo chamber. It is this that will separate it from the rest.
When Mr Musk, CEO of Tesla, Space X and soon-to-be co-leader of (DODGE) the Department of Government Efficiency acquired the platform the first thing he did was fire 80 per cent of the staff, famously telling Tucker Carlson: “If you're not concerned with censorship or trying to run an activist organization, you can let go of a lot of people”.
That decision showed Musk had the minerals to be the free speech warrior the world needs, they do say cometh the hour, cometh the man don’t they?
Elon’s passion for free speech was evident recently when he came to the defence of Journalist Allison Pearson, after she was visited by Essex police on Remembrance Sunday for posting a Tweet.
The entrepreneur condemned the decision, saying: "This must stop."
And followed up by responding to a GB News' live stream on X, saying, "This is insane. Make Orwell Fiction Again!" In response to Pearsons's interview with Nigel Farage.
With Sir Keir Starmer presiding over an increasingly totalitarian government and police-like state, platforms like X may become increasingly important for freedom of speech, debate, and a free press in the UK and the world.
This journalist is staying firmly put on this field of free speech.
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