Musk’s options for radically changing Twitter are limited

Musk’s options for radically changing Twitter are limited
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Peter Griffin
Twitter’s predominantly liberal-leaning user base is upset at the prospect of Elon Musk buying the social media platform, taking it private and reinventing it in his own vision.Some are looking for an alternative home, others have already left. Dr Ian Griffin, the Otago Museum director and astronomer who posts dazzling photos of the Aurora Borealis, was the first of my first Twitter friends to go. He’s still on Instagram if you want to follow him there.Griffin (no relation) has a long-running beef with Musk since the billionaire ent...

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