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

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

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
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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! 👍”

    • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.oneEnglish
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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.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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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?