This has given the social media platform a near-unquantifiable impact on global politics, considerably above what would be expected based on its income (or indeed, consecutive years of losses).
The political consequences of such a collapse would be enormous. However, it is unlikely to happen due to a lack of users on the platform, which will not go below the hundreds of millions, despite the plethora of alternatives emerging from the woodwork.
While the thought of Twitter failing due to user abandonment is unlikely, the firm being pushed to bankruptcy (which, according to Musk, it is virtually already) or embroiled in a major legal crisis is not.
It is impossible to forecast what Twitter will look like in five years; it is much more difficult to predict what Twitter will look like one year from now. With Elon at the wheel, practically any outcome – good or horrible – is possible.
