Even though Tesla Inc. TSLA Elon Musk struggles with setting the Twitter house in order, he has signaled interest in buying another online platform.
It started when a Twitter user pointed out that Alphabet, Inc. GOOGL GOOG owned YouTube s manipulation for political purposes is far worse than Twitter's. Musk replied to the tweet with a thinking emoji.
With a potential Substack purchase, the billionaire would have the information layer with Twitter and the narrative layer, he said.
He said that corporate media can specialize in reporting government leaks, citing people familiar with the matter.
Musk said that he was open to the idea. Some of his followers, however, were not impressed. One of them pleaded not to piggyback on Tesla. Another said there is no need to buy Substack because it is already pretty good at free speech. Is Elon Musk CompromisingMusk Compromising Tesla And His Other Companies In Bid To Overhaul Twitter? New Report points out employee crossovers.