The New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac in an interview about the role of the tech innovator for the USA and its politics: “His influence is unprecedented”
X stands for Elon Musk. And for rockets, electric cars and recently also for Donald Trump (Photo: RYAN COLLERD / AFP / picturedesk.com)
In the original English the book is called “Character Limit”. A successful play on words. It’s about X, the former Twitter. With the short message service, a tweet can only have 280 characters. At the same time, however, the book is the two of them New York Times-Reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac a study of its owner. Not only the number of characters on X is limited. Also, the author suggests, the character of Elon Musk.
Since the brilliant tech innovator bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, the short messaging service has turned into a cesspool of hate and anger. Many influencers in the political and media scene still use X. But the fun that the medium used to be is gone. Elon Musk ruined the company through erratic decisions, write Conger and Mac. The owner of the companies Conger and Mac report to the Falter via video link directly from Silicon Valley.
