Twitter Takeover: A Meme Fest Is On As Users Speculate Return Of Donald Trump, Other Banned Accounts

The social media platform was flooded with tweets speculating return of controversial names to concerns being raised about job status of employees post takeover.

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New Delhi: Twitter is buzzing with memes and reactions after Tesla chief Elon Musk announced $44 billion deal on Monday which will end the social media giant's run as a public company since 2013.

Soon after the deal was announced, Musk said free speech is the "bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square".

I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022

Some users quickly pointed out that free speech had prevailed as the slogan "Make Twitter Great Again" started to trend.

 

 

The social media platform was flooded with tweets speculating return of controversial names to concerns being raised about job status of employees post takeover.

 

The most sought after question remained which banned account will be reinstated by Twitter. Most users started speculating whether former President Donald Trump will be reinstated, but Fox News reported that Trump won't make a come back to Twitter.

.@elonmusk let me tweet from space pls

— Wendy’s (@Wendys) April 25, 2022

Which banned account do you want to be restored most once @ElonMusk takes control?

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2022

Some of the users didn't approve Trump's come back on the social media platform.

NAACP statement: "Mr. Musk: free speech is wonderful, hate speech is unacceptable. Disinformation, misinformation and hate speech have NO PLACE on Twitter. Do not allow 45 to return to the platform. Do not allow Twitter to become a petri dish for hate speech."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 25, 2022

Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump on Monday clarified that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even after his account gets reinstated following Elon Musk’s deal.

“I am not going on Twitter. I am going to stay on Truth . “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth,” said Trump to Fox News.

Apart from Trump, users also pointed out at restoring The Babylon Bee, the satire website that Musk has retweeted on many occasions. It is when the website was banned that Musk pondered over the need to buy Twitter, said a Bloomberg report.

Others listed the controversial names who were moved out of the platform, such as Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer.

Meanwhile, some users like Emily Freeman, head of community engagement at Amazon Web Services also anticipated a Twitter staff exodus.

If anyone @Twitter wants a new role… we’re hiring.

— emily freeman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@editingemily) April 25, 2022

While some also feared thinking if their jobs will be safe.

Can someone just tell me if I’m rich or fired please

— Ned Miles (@nedmiles) April 25, 2022

According to a New York Times reporter, things are a little chaotic inside Twitter right now.

Its “absolutely insane” @ Twitter right now in the virtual valves of private slack rooms & employee group texts, according to an internal source. Their take/breakdown just now:
“I feel like im going to throw up..I rly don’t wanna work for a company that is owned by Elon Musk”…1/

— talmon joseph smith (@talmonsmith) April 25, 2022

Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist and co-author of the first widely used web browser, has been having fun with the memes from the moment the offer was made.