At this point where he is basically stripping the site of its users (paid + limits) and branding (removing the twitter bird) why didn't he just start up his own social media site and slow grow it instead of wasting money to pillage the competitor and then strip it of everything that made it what it was, i.e., the user base and the brand recognition?
There are a lot of “that guys.”
That guy who quotes Bob Dylan.
That guy who wears crazy pants.
That guy who’s good at ping-pong.
And so forth.
Decades ago, Elon Musk apparently decided to be That Guy Who Really Likes the Letter X.
You do you.
I don't quite understand the rage against this guy, imo he's one of the more likeable and interesting billionaires in the world. At least he has visions and wants to change the world for the better, something you cannot say about Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg etc.