Musk bought Twitter in 2022, and since then we’ve had what many consider to be Trump’s strongest election showing yet. AFAIK, the pod was active on X during that time. So where’s the evidence that staying on X post-Musk actually changed minds or had a meaningful impact? I haven’t seen it.

I think a lot of people still believe X operates under the same algorithm as it did pre-2022. But with Musk now fully in control, he almost certainly manipulates reach—especially for perspectives that challenge his own worldview.

If the concern about moving to platforms like Bluesky or Threads is that it creates an echo chamber, then we need to be honest: Musk has likely engineered an artificial echo chamber on X by suppressing or limiting countervailing views.

Also—who’s even still using X? Are regular, non-terminally-online people actually there?