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Gary Lineker Says X Has Become “Increasingly Toxic” & He Barely Uses It Anymore
Gary Lineker has said Twitter has become "increasingly toxic" since his Match of the Day row due to changes on platform since Elon Musk took over.
Gary Lineker, the Match of the Day host whose solitary tweet led to dozens of fellow BBC presenters and staffers downing tools for a weekend last year, has said he barely uses X (formerly ) anymore as it has become “increasingly toxic.” Lineker declined to say whether new X boss Musk had “wrecked” the platform but said the changes regarding blue ticks and columns that offer up tweets from people he doesn’t follow means he now sees its “vitriolic side” all too frequently. Lineker compared critiques of the BBC to people who complain about their team being low down the running order on his soccer highlights show Match of the Day.
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