Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, noted that activity on his social media platform X catapulted during the US presidential debate, in which President Joe Biden went head-to-head with former President Donald Trump on national television. This saw real-time conversations regarding the debate increase dramatically by "19 times from the start of the broadcast to its peak 90 minutes in.
It reported extreme engagement metrics, saying, "We've tracked more than 2 billion impressions with over 242 million video views and 2 million posts."
Musk pointed out that the usage of X during the debate was unparalleled, adding that the platform had served as a global town square.
On the lively discussion, one user commented, "X was abuzz during the debate. X live streams also pulled in huge viewership.
Another user lauded the platform for letting everyone speak freely about these matters and commented, "Amazing result of letting people talk about it freely, without the fear of the ban hammer of the 'Censorship Complex.'.
Asked by a reporter how he did against Trump, President Biden said later, "I think we did well." Some congressional Democrats fretted openly about whether Mr. Biden can beat the former president, but he batted away any suggestion of getting out of the race: "I think we did well," President Biden said again and again to doubts among Democrats about his election prospects against Trump.
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