OPINION: I couldn’t care less about Don Lemon but I think cancelling this deal really undermined X’s future as a creator platform. X reserves the right to select its business partners, much like mainstream media outlets do. However, it should aspire to be like YouTube, where criticism of the platform does not result in the termination of monetization opportunities. Now If Don Lemon can still monetize videos on X via the amplify program like MrBeast, X should clarify that and let creators know that only the special/exclusive partnership was cancelled. But ending collaborations because a creator criticizes the platform is not a good look. It casts a negative image and, at the very least, suggests a bias within the platform.
🍋 is welcome to monetize on this platform, just like everyone else. What we aren’t going to do is guarantee minimum payments to him, as he was demanding, which would be going beyond everyone else! Unfortunately, all 🍋 wants to do is rehash the dying CNN business model “but on social media”, which will do even worse here than it did on cable TV.
@elonmusk @DineshDSouza @xDaily 🍋 is the embodiment of the entitlement mentality. He thinks everybody owes him something.
@elonmusk @GallagherSil @xDaily Wait til he starts getting hit with community notes! Lies lies lies get out!
@elonmusk @dove1tower @xDaily Lemon is more like a turd these days!!
@elonmusk @DineshDSouza @xDaily He’s sour on CNN watched the interview you did with him. Appeared to be focused on Trump and pushing you into something. Nothing new in his behavior obviously.