Prioridades de Elon Musk para Twitter: poner el código en GitHub, tomar medidas enérgicas contra el criptospam

El CEO de Tesla y SpaceX, Elon Musk, sacudió los sectores de tecnología, finanzas y criptografía a la vez el jueves por la mañana cuando anunció una oferta para adquirir Twitter por $ 54.20 por acción, o alrededor de $ 43 mil millones. 

Apareciendo en el escenario en Ted2022 en Vancouver, Canadá, más tarde el jueves, Musk explicó por qué.

“I think it’s important to be an inclusive arena for free speech,” Musk said. “Twitter has become the de facto town square, and it’s really important that people have both the reality and perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law.”

Musk said his plans for the platform include making the Twitter source code open-source to be subject to public scrutiny. “The code should be on GitHub so it can be examined,” he said. “I just think it’s important to the function of democracy in the United States and other countries. The civilizational risk is decreased if we can increase the trust in Twitter as a public platform.”

Después encuestando a los usuarios de Twitter la semana pasada sobre si quieren un botón de edición, Musk dijo que no editaría personalmente sus propios tweets, pero que el público debería saber si alguien lo hizo. 

Cuando se le preguntó cómo funcionaría una función de edición, Musk dijo que prevé una cierta cantidad de tiempo para que las ediciones sean posibles, y que los retweets y las respuestas se restablecerían, para eliminar la posibilidad de que un tweet editado parezca tener las mismas reacciones que el original. Pío.

El titán tecnológico, que se ha metido en problemas con la SEC varias veces por sus tweets, se ha autodenominado absolutista de la libertad de expresión, pero reconoció que existen limitaciones para lo que una empresa centralizada puede permitir. 

“There are some limits on free speech in the U.S., and Twitter would have to abide by those rules,” he said. “In my view, Twitter should match the country’s laws; there is an obligation to do that. But having no insights into what’s going on behind the scenes can be very dangerous.”

Explaining his view on what a platform that supports free speech looks like, Musk said, “A good sign of free speech is someone you don’t like being able to say something you don’t like. That is the sign of a healthy free speech situation.”

Musk also took a moment to take shots at the SEC, particularly the San Francisco office. “I don’t have respect for the San Francisco office of the SEC because they knew [Tesla’s] funding was secured but pursued a public investigation anyway,” he said, referencing his infamous 2018 tweet that he wanted to take Tesla private at $420 per share, “funding secured.”

Musk explained that at the time of the 2018 investigation, “funding was actually secured,” but also that Tesla was in a precarious financial situation. “The banks told me that if I did not agree to settle with the SEC, the banks would cease providing working capital, and Tesla would go bankrupt immediately.” 

Musk likened the situation to “having a gun to your child’s head,” adding that he was forced to concede to the SEC, settling for 40 millones de dólares en penales.

Musk says that while he can afford to buy Twitter and take it private, he wants to retain as many Twitter shareholders as possible. He reiterated that he’d be buying Twitter for the good of the users, saying, “I don’t care about the economics at all.”

Si la junta de Twitter no acepta su oferta, Musk se burló de que tiene un Plan B, pero dijo que lo discutiría en otro momento. 

If he does acquire the company, Musk says his top priority would be eliminating the spam bots that plague the platform. “If I had a Dogecoin for every crypto scam I see, I’d have 100 billion Dogecoins.”

Cuando se le preguntó si se arrepiente de su bombeo repetido de DogecoinMusk respondió: "Creo que son divertidos, y siempre he dicho: 'No apuestes la granja en Dogecoin'".

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