[artsytrashcan]

>I could understand this if it was acquired and then heavily censored

This has happened. Impression count has been decimated for anyone without a check. Bonus points if you've ever blocked Elon or posted with a sentiment he disagrees with.

[smcl]

Wait the suggestion is that billionaires/powerful people bought Twitter for nefarious purposes. Is it not worth more intact but surveilled and censored than utterly sabotaged with Elon graciously taking one for the team?

I’m not convinced, this is a bit complex, conspiratorial and nonsensical for me. When the simpler explanation is that Elon has just mismanaged the company.

[artsytrashcan]

The answer to that is simple: it was worth more to them destroyed than as an intelligence asset.