Elon Musk’s X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts::undefined

  • Shazbot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Elon: “There are too many fake accounts for me to seriously consider buying this company.”

    Also Elon, after creating millions of inactive accounts to follow himself: “Please clap.”

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    1 year ago

    So he’s in the “fake it till you make it” phase. “If we pretend there’s trillions using our service, surely trillions of real users will eventually come! 👍”

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      1 year ago

      I was thinking today how ridiculously accurate silicone valley (the show) has turned out to be. It feels like CEOs and mid level managers all watched that show and completely missed the fact that it was SATIRE.

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        1 year ago

        Was it “Veep” that cancelled because they couldn’t outdo reality? If Silicon Valley were still going, this Twitter trainwreck would surely spell it’s end.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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      1 year ago

      Only 7 generations if we double every time. Gotta pump up those population numbers by getting mars started and by getting rid of birth control.

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    1 year ago

    So wait, he’s stooped to being a shitty copy of Steve “spez” Huffman?

  • SoyTDI@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When you register, Twitter/X asks you to follow a popular account. He is one of then. The problem is that maybe those accounts are used once to see Twitter content and then forgotten. They could be used to login in a different website. I don’t doubt that he has many bots following him, but inactive bots are useless.

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    1 year ago

    I have to wonder if he complained to the devs that his posts didn’t get enough impressions so they should update or “fix” the algorithm. Turned out it was easier to fake a change and he’s just now learning that he got tricked?

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    1 year ago

    Personally I’ve seen more bot activity after his takeover than before, which is strange considering his talk about bots.

  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Applies probably to all users. I’m getting a shit ton of bot followers aswell and have been for like half a year. I believe they’re getting deleted on regular basis since my follower count isn’t really growing despite the constant flow of new subscribtions. This isn’t something that’s just affecting Musk.

    • MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      He strikes me as the kind of guy who has someone sent to him to be fired daily so he can feel important, and at this point they just hire an actor each day to be the victim