Sam Sanders

On sites like Twitter.

So let's go to – let's actually fast forward through the saga of the purchase itself.

I remember Elon's purchase of Twitter being quite dramatic.

I do recall that some things he said or didn't say around this purchase led to him being investigated by the SEC.

Oh, I remember that.

Not just incompetent, but maybe like undeserving of a job.

Let's flashback to those early days of his ownership.

I remember he walked into Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, like as a joke, making a little point.

But he also, from day one, began to lay off hundreds of Twitter employees, no?

And then— Cuts that were challenged in court because I think he tried to deny the payouts that folks were guaranteed should they be laid off, no?

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah.

Hearing you all describe this email frenzy around Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter Now X and his layoffs, it sounds a lot like what he did when he was working in the federal government as the head of Doge.

I want to take a moment to flash forward from his crazy acquisition to what he's made it now and what it feels like now.

What are the three biggest changes Elon Musk made to Twitter once he bought it?

And that was also a bit dangerous because you had people impersonating other people of note, right?

Yeah.

We all had blue checks.

Yeah.

There you go.