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The Street
Tony Owusu

Elon Musk Reacts to One Billionaire's Big Twitter Idea

Not all advice is good advice. 

Twitter is clearly a work in progress and Elon Musk has been fairly receptive to public input on ways to make his newly acquired social media company better -- or, at least receptive to changes that align with his ideology of "free speech absolutism" and the democratization of social media. 

Enter prolific Twitter user Bill Ackman, CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square, who has an idea to improve the platform in his view. 

"We should always want to know the best case against a view we have come to believe," Ackman wrote.

There is justified criticism that social media can create echo chambers where only one point of view is heard. Ackman's proposal is a remedy for this problem.

Musk, also a prolific Twitter user, responded to his fellow billionaire in the affirmative.

While not a ringing endorsement or a promise to make a change to the platform, Elon Musk at least agrees with fostering more opposing views on Twitter. 

Some users liked the idea. 

One user even coined a nickname for the idea. 

Other users pointed out flaws in the plan. 

Others pointed to extreme examples to show that not every opposing view needs to be heard. 

But the clear winner of the thread was:

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