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In this brief commentary, the speaker argues that Elon Musk’s recent policy changes on Twitter (now X) are self‑defeating and the primary cause of the platform’s decline, not competition from Meta’s Threads. The speaker highlights three specific actions: a proposed $8‑per‑month paywall that restricts visibility of tweets, a newly imposed tweet‑limit that curtails users’ ability to post, and a login‑wall introduced to block scraping and embed‑ability of tweets. Each of these measures adds friction for users, alienates the community, and ultimately harms the platform’s health.
