Mark Ruffalo has always been an advocate for free speech, whether it’s for minorities from various parts of the world trying to get their voice heard or for users on social media platforms. Seeing this, Elon Musk’s entry on Twitter as the Chief Executive Officer seemed like what public figures like Mark Ruffalo and millions of other active Twitter users wanted. However, Elon Musk’s entry into the Twitter office only led to changes so big that people started questioning whether the change in power was worth it or not.
In a recent tweet, Mark Ruffalo keeps the guessing game aside as he confirms he shall not be leaving Twitter owing to the unconventional policies newly put on Twitter. He promises to rather scale back on what he posts on the platform.
Mark Ruffalo Urges Fans to Join His Mailing List
After his ongoing disagreements with Elon Musk, Mark Ruffalo asks his fans to follow him on other social media platforms and subscribe to his mailing list to stay more connected to the actor. Ruffalo has been having polarising views with the new changes brought on Twitter by the Musk management.
Starting from charging $8 a month to get a blue-tick subscription to firing hundreds of employees from the company without any prior notice, these events were significant enough, and Mark Ruffalo couldn’t hold back but question the Tesla CEO’s management tactics. In a tweet made by Ruffalo in November, the actor asked Musk to hand over twitter to much more competent management instead. Check out the tweet below:
In response to Ruffalo’s tweet, Musk responded that “not everything AOC says is 💯 accurate.” Ruffalo then pointed out that the recent changes to the platform made it tougher for people to recognize and cope with. The actor tweeted,
“That’s why having robust filters for dis/misinformation & credible verified users has been a popular feature for people & advertisers alike,” he said. “We need those safeguards to make sure it’s accurate information, or the app loses credibility, as do you. And people leave.”
Elon Musk’s Changes on Twitter Didn’t Land Well With People
Elon Musk‘s strategies to create revenue and get trolls off of Twitter didn’t work according to plan. A bunch of celebrities went on to tweet against the bold move of a Twitter Blue subscription. Author Stephen King tweeted on the initial decision of charging $20 a month for the blue tick subscription:
“$20 a month to keep my blue check? F*ck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.” In response to Stephen King’s tweet, Musk replied: “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?”.
The Twitter CEO in a follow-up tweet said it was “the only way to defeat the bots & trolls.”
Recently, Elon Musk dissolved a key advisory group, the Trust and Safety Council. The council consisted of dozens of independent civil, human rights, and other organizations. Twitter formed the council in 2016 to address hate speech, harassment, self-harm, and other problems on the platform. Elon Musk calls himself a “free-speech absolutist,”. He has said he wants to allow all content that’s legally permissible on Twitter, whilst also downgrading negative and hateful posts.
Whether Elon Musk’s new policies get accepted by the users is still a question as we are only a few months into the transition phase. But what we, as users of the social media platform can feel is that social media won’t be the same anymore with power moving from the mass to some selected minds who happen to make all the decisions on how we view and share content over the internet.
Source: Twitter
