Javier Rivero's Reviews > Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter

‘Extremely Hardcore’ tries so hard to be a critical analysis of Elon Musk but ends up feeling more like a misguided hit piece, dripping with a kind of childish spite that’s more laughable than insightful.

And then there’s the whole nostalgia trip for Twitter’s ‘golden era,’ which is baffling. It’s glaringly obvious that Twitter was far from flourishing; a new CEO shaking things up and nudging people towards productivity shouldn’t be controversial, but it’s evident that the author doesn’t really understand how capitalism works

The lengths to which the author goes to champion the underperforming former employees is bewildering, to say the least. Anyone with even a sliver of business acumen can see that it’s a flawed argument, but then again our writer seems to have 0 knowledge around how companies function.

Finally waving goodbye to the Platformer newsletter was a relief. I’m keen to steer clear of anything else written by the author, or his often-mentioned boss, Casey Newton. Their “perspective” won’t be missed.