I'm very much a read-only user on Twitter, and still find it good for political coverage direct from journalists. I also follow a few favourite authors and some daft single-purpose accounts. Very few actual friends. The glimpses it gives me of what's outside the bubble generally don't make me want to ever see what's recommended for me or what's trending.

I'm also on Mastodon, but haven't got round to fully following everyone I should.

I'm amazed that Elon Musk is able to do the stuff he's been doing, apparently impulsively with no real strategy or analysis.

I'm not really that surprised. People over-estimate ability on a regular basis. The financially successful usually over-estimate what they are capable of, as the last few years of Tory govt has made clear. They can't actually wing it, and neither can he.