Twitter/X One Year After Elon's Takeover

Yep! This week is the first anniversary since Musk took charge.

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Madalyn Sklar
October 29, 2023

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Hi Friend,

Can you believe it's been a whole year since Elon walked into Twitter headquarters carrying a sink and said, "Let that sink in"? It's been an ongoing rollercoaster ride for sure. More and more people who were die-hard Twitter users are tired of the drama and abandoning the platform. One of the most notable for me is Matt Navarra who announced earlier this month that he is transitioning away from X and more to Threads. That got me interested to hear how others are feeling about X and why some of us are choosing to stick around (for now). We had a fascinating conversation about that subject on the SmarterX community chat. If you missed it, be sure to check out the Spaces replay.

Now here’s this week’s roundup.

By the way, there was no All Things Audio this week. Feel free to catch up on past episodes. 

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Highlights From Madalyn's X Feed

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The Latest From Madalyn

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What’s keeping you on the X platform?

We had an interesting conversation on how we feel about the X platform a year after Elon took over. Click here for the Spaces replay.

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There's no new episode of All Things Audio, but we'll be back next week. Until then, feel free to browse the archives.

Upcoming Spaces

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You can easily access my upcoming audio conversations as well as the past ones via Spaces Dashboard. Tap on this link to get started. At the top right, you’ll see a green button that says “Set Up Alert.” This is a new feature that will send an email notification whenever I go live. Below that you'll see the ones I host, co-host, and spoke in. You can listen to replays of past conversations and also add upcoming ones to your calendar.

That's A Wrap!

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How are you feeling about Twitter/X? Are you still hanging out there? Hit reply and let me know. I’d love to hear from you!

Keep rockin’,
Madalyn