I guess it depends on who you think the platform is designed for, I believe it is designed first and foremost for the users' and their experience which is not to say advertisers and media don't have a place but they should not be driving the direction of what is ultimately a design decision
Being surprised Elon is meming is is like being surprised [normal thing happens] while the CEO of NPR saying
"At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter,"
"I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again."
Has one semi-controversial decision against his org. and decides to pull everyone in that org. off it, especially a firm whose management is known for rapid iteration, as shown earlier today with f.ex. the BBC label being updated
However I do understand American's propensity for being sensitive to having any of their institutions having the same labels as the bad guys'
Being surprised Elon is meming is is like being surprised [normal thing happens] while the CEO of NPR saying "At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter," "I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again." Has one semi-controversial decision against his org. and decides to pull everyone in that org. off it, especially a firm whose management is known for rapid iteration, as shown earlier today with f.ex. the BBC label being updated
However I do understand American's propensity for being sensitive to having any of their institutions having the same labels as the bad guys'