Wondering why Elon Musk is joking about buying MSNBC? The tech billionaire has stirred up online chatter with his latest antics on X (formerly Twitter), where he shared a provocative meme about acquiring the channel.

Elon Musk seemingly suggested that on Nov. 24, when he replied to another user on his social platform X — the website formerly known as Twitter — who claimed the site throttled the performance of posts with links. This would mean you'd likely see fewer articles from actual news sites.

Musk also reposted instructions from another user which advises: "Avoid posting links to external sites, as they limit your potential reach. Instead, prefer to upload your content directly to this platform. If you still need to include a link, add it in the reply section to ensure your post’s reach isn’t affected."

Elon Musk is sharing with the world some inside secrets on how to publish links the right way on X. The tech billionaire went public with how many users fail to post links correctly and therefore don’t get the reach they had envisioned.

Elon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X. He calls it "lazy linking" — a term I've never heard of.

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon defended his policy on hyperlinks as a way to stop ‘lazy linking’, but without explaining what that meant

Elon Musk has been toying with the idea of doing to MSNBC what he did to the social media site formerly known as Twitter, according to a report Monday. The Tesla CEO purchased Twitter two years ago, and the changes he implemented drove off many of its users and advertisers,