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But that was part of “the shift” that GP is crediting for moving toward broader appeal.

Agreed on the general point, this stuff can’t really be disaggregated in a meaningful way, but of course it doesn’t need to be disaggregated: the overall set of Musk’s decisions have been extremely destructive to the company (so far).

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Sorry. I wasn't claiming Elon made Twitter more appealing, but rather was trying to point out that when management changed so did the bias.

I realize my poor grammar made it difficult to fully capture what I was trying to say.

My core argument is that I have now seen twice what looks like Yishan making excuses for moderation decisions that fall outside most people's discourse window.

I also am not making claims about what makes more money. It could possibly be true that people with a particular political pursuasion are more likely to convert.

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