It is hard to take those town square remarks seriously when his actions have pushed so many people off of the platform. Twitter was always a harsh place for moderate voices, and the lack of moderation has made it even less hospitable. Killing off third party apps only made that worse, because it took away tools people were using to filter out unwanted hate speech. Ultimately I can only judge Elon’s twitter by the outcome, and that means looking at my feed. It’s a ghost town now, mostly only the angry shouters are left.