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As Twitter, renamed X, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and usage falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.

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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I mean if the goal was indeed so ridiculous as shutting Twitter down, it would be easy as shutting it down.

But that wouldn't work. If the community was snuffed out in a day then it would move to some clone pretty easily. It dying slowly means the community is divided and diluted many ways.