“ABC is worse than your Wi-Fi during a Zoom call,” Musk tweeted late into the night. “Boycott them. Let’s show them who really runs the show.”
And just like that, the internet was ablaze.
Elon Musk, the man who can send cryptocurrency prices into a tailspin with a single meme and has Tesla’s stock bouncing like a rubber ball, has now proven that his influence extends beyond tech and into the heart of mainstream media. His followers, an eclectic mix of tech enthusiasts, libertarians, crypto investors, and those simply in awe of his spacefaring dreams, wasted no time jumping on the boycott bandwagon.
Within hours, #BoycottABC was trending across Twitter/X like wildfire, igniting furious debates about media bias, free speech, and whether or not Musk should start his own TV network on Mars (a suggestion that gained more support than it probably should have).
It didn’t take long for the digital stampede to show real-world consequences.
