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

  • Shazbot
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    1171 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.”

  • don
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    921 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
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      321 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.

    • andrew
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      91 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.

  • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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    551 year ago

    Probably an engineer that was threatened with being fired if he doesn’t figure out how to get Musk millions of new followers.

  • @fubo
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    431 year ago

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

  • @themajesticdodo
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    271 year ago

    Can this sub shut the fuck up about this joker for a day or two? Pathetic.

    • @Squander
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      51 year ago

      Hey mods! can you at least make it so the L4SBOT isnt posting Musk articles, this community already has plenty

        • @Squander
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          21 year ago

          OP is a bot. A pretty good bot, it keeps the sub fresh with new articles. We just need to stop talking about this guy.

    • @frunch
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      21 year ago

      I haven’t tried them myself yet, but there are filters you can use to prevent specific topics/keywords from entering your feed.

    • @assassin_aragorn
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      -11 year ago

      It’s enjoyable to hear about his continual and repeated fuck ups. All publicity is not good publicity.

  • @SoyTDI
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    221 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 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?

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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      81 year ago

      Most devs at Twitter are working just enough to look important for another week until they get accepted at another job.

      • @mr_tyler_durden
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        151 year ago

        Twitter developers fall into 1 of 3 categories:

        1. H1B Visa holders who are stuck

        2. Incompetent devs who can’t find another job

        3. True believers (you know, morons)

  • @Touching_Grass
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    101 year ago

    It feels like he’s covering up some type of crime more than anything

  • @sugarfree
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    61 year ago

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

  • @xc2215x
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    41 year ago

    Not surprising to see. A lot of accounts are not active.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 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.

  • @JTode
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    31 year ago

    This is reach Kim levels.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 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