Y Combinator Partner Slams Elon Musk’s Twitter Strategy, Draws Contrast to Jeff Bezos’ Business Philosophy: ‘Tastes Don’t Change’

In criticism puts the business philosophy of tech titans Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk fight each other. Y Combinator Group Partner David Lieb has raised questions about Musk’s leadership of the Twitterit is now called X.

What happened: What Lieb said, posted on the platform itself, contradicts the idea that success in one industry guarantees success in another, especially targeting Musk’s approach to social media.

Lieb asked Amazon.com Inc. founder Bezos’ wisdom, saying, “As Bezos said, taste does not change in all places.” This mention of Bezos, Musk’s long-time rival in all areas of space and technology, sets the stage for a more nuanced analysis of Musk’s work. The company Tesla Inc. and SpaceX.

The Y Combinator fellow pulled no punches in his assessment of Musk’s Twitter performance. “Elon’s great taste in electric cars and rockets gives him false confidence on social networks,”

Lieb’s criticism extended beyond Musk’s approach to the platform, focusing on the process and internal processes. He expressed a theory about the platform’s modification: “I suspect that the team at Twitter is deliberately not updating the Following feed so that the For You feed has better metrics.”

This means a deliberate strategy to push users to an algorithmically curated “For You” feed, with the loss of user experience and quality content. Lieb didn’t comment on his experience with the feature, saying, “I’m sure my metrics are better on the For You feed, but I hate it. It’s too much clicker videos and Elon garbage.”

The term “maga-Elon trash” refers to the perceived political bias in what is promoted on the platform, touching on the ongoing debate about the role of social media in shaping the political conversation.

Lieb’s comments come at a time when Twitter, under Musk’s leadership, has made significant changes, including a rebranding to X, changes to content moderation policies, and changes to user review processes. These changes have been met with mixed reactions from users, advertisers, and industry analysts.

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Why It Matters: Lieb’s criticism comes amid a difficult time for Musk’s social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter. Recently, X released its first public report since Musk was hired, revealing the suspension of 5.3 million accounts and the identification of 10.6 million posts for policy violations.

In addition, X faced a sharp decline in user activity, particularly in the UK, where daily users fell from 8 million to around 5.6 million. This decline followed an argument made by Musk, such as “civil war is inevitable,” leading to a visible user shift to platforms like Bluesky.

Furthermore, History of Meta Platforms Inc.world leader, Nick Cleggcriticized X as a “small” platform that allows unrestricted expression, contrasting it with the Meta platforms.

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