▲ 299 ▼ Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
[–] paradiso@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (4 children) Why is this community obsessed with Twitter? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] qooqie@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago I think it’s more obsessed with musk. It’s hard to not watch a train wreck as it’s happening and it’s also astounding that people can’t seem to leave Twitter for the better places permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chozo@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because whether we like it or not, Twitter is still a major force in the overall internet space. Twitter is still one of the top 10 most used websites around the world, so what they do is news. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) And dumb shit Elon does with it has repercussions. Just look at Reddit deciding to charge ridiculous amounts for API use as a way to kill 3rd party apps not long after Twitter did it. Although honestly, I just shared this because I cracked the entire fuck up at most of Elon’s followers being bots and inactive users and wanted other folks to point and laugh with me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Oh yes, I'm always down to laugh at Elon. Kinda like watching streamers waste thousands of dollars on gacha games, I enjoy watching Elon burn through $44b worth of Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They did it to stop chat gpt from scraping them. They absolutely used it to kill 3rs party apps to drive more users to their own app. But let's be serious here. They were protecting their repository of community collected and curated information. Like. I absolutely think Spez was all "win win" when they came up with this. permalink fedilink source parent [+] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShadowRam@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Pure Schadenfreude permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago I think it’s more obsessed with musk. It’s hard to not watch a train wreck as it’s happening and it’s also astounding that people can’t seem to leave Twitter for the better places permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chozo@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because whether we like it or not, Twitter is still a major force in the overall internet space. Twitter is still one of the top 10 most used websites around the world, so what they do is news. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) And dumb shit Elon does with it has repercussions. Just look at Reddit deciding to charge ridiculous amounts for API use as a way to kill 3rd party apps not long after Twitter did it. Although honestly, I just shared this because I cracked the entire fuck up at most of Elon’s followers being bots and inactive users and wanted other folks to point and laugh with me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Oh yes, I'm always down to laugh at Elon. Kinda like watching streamers waste thousands of dollars on gacha games, I enjoy watching Elon burn through $44b worth of Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They did it to stop chat gpt from scraping them. They absolutely used it to kill 3rs party apps to drive more users to their own app. But let's be serious here. They were protecting their repository of community collected and curated information. Like. I absolutely think Spez was all "win win" when they came up with this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) And dumb shit Elon does with it has repercussions. Just look at Reddit deciding to charge ridiculous amounts for API use as a way to kill 3rd party apps not long after Twitter did it. Although honestly, I just shared this because I cracked the entire fuck up at most of Elon’s followers being bots and inactive users and wanted other folks to point and laugh with me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Oh yes, I'm always down to laugh at Elon. Kinda like watching streamers waste thousands of dollars on gacha games, I enjoy watching Elon burn through $44b worth of Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They did it to stop chat gpt from scraping them. They absolutely used it to kill 3rs party apps to drive more users to their own app. But let's be serious here. They were protecting their repository of community collected and curated information. Like. I absolutely think Spez was all "win win" when they came up with this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Oh yes, I'm always down to laugh at Elon. Kinda like watching streamers waste thousands of dollars on gacha games, I enjoy watching Elon burn through $44b worth of Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They did it to stop chat gpt from scraping them. They absolutely used it to kill 3rs party apps to drive more users to their own app. But let's be serious here. They were protecting their repository of community collected and curated information. Like. I absolutely think Spez was all "win win" when they came up with this. permalink fedilink source parent