We've seen all this before. Elmo will ask Apple nicely to bend the rules for him. Tim Cook will have to invite Elmo in and give him a stern talking to. Elmo will smile and back down.
He can't remove the block feature as the Apple app store requires it for social media apps that it distributes. I mean, he could but then run the risk of Apple taking down Twitter from the app store. Which would be funny in its own way.
I am thinking he is in the hole, he’s been in the hole with his other companies before and pushed through by keeping doubling down and in the end made massive successes. Why should Twitter be any different, its just a slight slump, soon there will be an anything-app and he will dominate. Again.With all the other big-brain thinking he's displayed since buying Twitter, I can believe that's a cost he's willing to pay.
Hmmm…. I wonder how much ad revenue these bots are generating?
Seth Abramson (@seth.abramson) on Threads
Earlier today, PROOF reported (scroll down in my feed to see the link) that Elon Musk’s follower count has remained steady or increased during every so-called “bot purge” he’s touted during the course of his ownership of Twitter. Now we learn that 112 million of his followers have 10 followers...www.threads.net
Well the linked article dices it up. Make of this what you will."Now we learn that 112 million of his followers have 10 followers or fewer themselves—a strong indication that they’re likely bots."
This is a big leap. I have a twitter that I almost never post from, I just use it to follow people I am interested in. I have 1 follower (not sure why they decided to follow me honestly). I suspect there a LOT of people that are in similar situations.
In all fairness this would indicate my Twitter account is a bot, and I am not.Well the linked article dices it up. Make of this what you will.
"All of the above data points could signal fake accounts, describe users who are inactive, or even "lurkers" — users who exclusively consume content. It's likely a combination of all three. However, there are a few further stats that point more to the former two types of users.
Over the years, many real X users have found there are certain attributes that point to an account most likely being fake or a bot. For example, if an account uses the default avatar or the auto-generated username that usually includes a string of numbers, there's a good chance you haven't come across a real, active user.
Just around 25 percent of all of Musk's followers, or more than 38 million, use the default profile image that X provides for newly registered accounts. More than 40 percent of Musk's followers, or just under 50 million, have 4 or more numbers in their @ handle on X.
Furthermore, more than 43.8 million Musk followers follow less than 10 users in total via their X account. Around 13.5 million users only followed one single account, @ElonMusk, at the time the data was collected."
Same with mine before I deleted it. I never had any intention of posting anythingIn all fairness this would indicate my Twitter account is a bot, and I am not.
I get that, and yea maybe. It's obviously a matter of statistics, and maybe I give too much credit to that source cause Seth linked it up, the percentages quoted in that piece is just too wild but to be fair I have no idea if, for example, the part about default profile image is correct.In all fairness this would indicate my Twitter account is a bot, and I am not.
Same here, I only had it and only posted about bullshit a former employer wanted us to twat about.Same with mine before I deleted it. I never had any intention of posting anything
Poor thing. It doesn't know it's a bit.In all fairness this would indicate my Twitter account is a bot, and I am not.
Cue "Yes nik, this really is my desk"This is only for the blue checkmark accounts at the moment but lol
~X will begin to have users verify their identity by having them submit a selfie alongside a government issued ID.
~The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel.
At this point I think Trump and Elon's personalities are equally as shitty.
That was some serious comeuppance.Cue "Yes nik, this really is my desk"
As someone that has spent more than half an hour talking to Elon, before he went bat shit. I would definitely pick Trump. At least Trump can be humorous.If I had to spend half an hour at a bar talking to one of them I'd actually pick Trump.
Wait what? About what and apeshit how?As someone that has spent more than half an hour talking to Elon, before he went bat shit. I would definitely pick Trump. At least Trump can be humorous.