The entire world is ecstatic over Elon Musk’s successful purchase of Twitter; ideally in an attempt to preserve freedom of speech in the modern public square, which happens to be on our screens. A word of caution for conservatives celebrating from the rooftops, though: Twitter is not the end-all-be-all for American culture, especially in the digital age.
Twitter has been steadily declining in growth for the past several years and even reported a loss of $221 million in revenue in February. With its 400 million active users, it’s a large platform, certainly, but remains less popular and less impactful than Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, and even LinkedIn in terms of user base.
If we’re serious about moving the needle on American culture, perhaps we should be more focused on platforms that are growing in population and impact, rather than resurrecting a platform that was on the decline before censorship problems were even apparent.
