Thank You, Elon Musk

Dear Elon...

I owe you a debt of gratitude.

I’ve been on Twitter since 2008, well before Twitter was Twitter. I’ve been on LinkedIn and Facebook for almost just as long, but Twitter became my primary go-to for news, ideas and online social engagement.

For years it was my first scroll of the morning, replacing formal newspaper websites as the quickest way to see what I might have missed overnight.

Whether sitting at my desk looking for a reason to procrastinate, or standing in a checkout line waiting for groceries– or even walking the dog – I would check Twitter throughout the day. It was a fantastic time-waster, and I enjoyed allowing myself to be sucked into the social media vortex... in the process, often learning something I didn’t know in 280 characters or less.

As a journalist and later as a stock researcher, I even used it to instantly post news and even a scoop or two...

It was also an exceptional way to informally interact directly with my readers.

In the process, it helped me expand…