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Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)

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We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

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[–] Temetra@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

You can disable seeing bots on Lemmy, in your settings. Not sure if this carries over to apps though.

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[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I’ve heard this, I should log into the website and look. I use an app though

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