• @gedaliyah
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    347 months ago

    Just 34 of these misleading posts received more than 37 million views, according to ISD. Many of the accounts posting the misinformation were also verified, meaning they have paid X $8 per month for the “blue tick” and that their content is amplified by the platform’s algorithm.

    $8 for a million views is a pretty good deal. Ex-twitter is essentially now just a troll marketplace.

  • @Winter8593
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    137 months ago

    This is why I don’t use xitter

    • @abhibeckert
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      7 months ago

      I guarantee the same content was posted on the fediverse.

      Not defending X, but going elsewhere won’t protect us from disinformation and the open nature of this network means we have to be especially careful.

      • Otter
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        77 months ago

        Yep, we can’t build something better by ignoring the risks

    • @jeffwOP
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      107 months ago

      That’s kind of the point? People are taking stuff from other events and pretending it’s this one