Mike Rothschild is almost never right.
Elon understands Twitter as a radicalization platform works better than Mike’s favorite message board, 8Chan, whom his Nazi pal Fredrick Brennan created after 4Chan began censoring stuff. The reason for that is Twitter has acceptance whereas 8Chan does not.
Here is an example of why this isn’t about money for Elon.
BNN’s main account was an impression generating machine, building over one-billion impressions per month despite only launching this year. Despite the revenue in ads, both those that Chahal had spent to promote the company, Remi Barrette was tasked to remove each verified account, one by one, numbering over two-hundred, before out of spite nuking a charity and non-profit along with a half-million in unspent funds.
Allowing Remi to maintain access via console, Yoel Roth to remain head of Twitter Safety and bringing in Yonder fellows, shows that this Elon purchase was never about money. It was always about control.
Just after the above was posted, Remi Barrette took down that account too, proving the point Chahal intended for him to make.