6 Ways Elon Musk Could Make Twitter Better

Day One initiatives could breathe new life into the platform

A lot of today’s discourse has revolved around ways Twitter might change for the worse in the wake of Elon Musk’s successful buyout. Not as much has focused on day one initiatives that could breathe new life into the platform.

Here are six ways @elonmusk could improve Twitter:

1. Scrap @verified and start over
2. Welcome third party devs once again
3. Improve search
4. Allow algorithm customization/fine-tuning
5. Ad-free mode (paid)
6. Different approach to data visualization

Before I get into the specifics, let me clarify — I’m coming from a background in software development with a focus on security and privacy, and speaking as both a longtime twitter shareholder and someone who has been around since the early days of the site.

The topics of free speech, content moderation, and identity verification are complex, multifaceted, and require a lot of nuance to discuss in a productive manner, something which Twitter isn’t all that conducive to. My previous work covers my views on these and similar topics.