Twitter C/D

reading Elon's tweet and lag∞n's post makes me think:

OI MATES SOME WOKE JOURNALIST IS ALL OVER OTHER NEWS SITES, I"M GONNA MAKE ME A 'ORRIBLE TWEET ABOUT IT TO ME BLUECHECK CHUMS, ALSO BLOOD DIAMONDS ARE DELICIOUS

right I mean I've said this before but Elon's lived the last two decades of his life getting to do everything he wants at all times and is constantly receiving credit for things he had nothing to do with, not only that but he actively removes everyone from his life who criticizes him in the slightest, and I think having a long period of that being your reality for so long actually does physically change your brain to the point where you've got more in common with lizard than man

entirely untrue and unnecessary lizard slander tbh

https://i.discogs.com/f1gbBornF29GmWggbEVdux4puWf_18-H5yDQhopGurI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:569/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDYx/NzQ0LTE1NjcwOTY3/OTktMjkzMy5qcGVn.jpeg

shd be noted too that tanking twitter is bad for him beyond all the money hes lighting on fire, most of the current valuation of his business is based on the idea that hes a singular genius, publicly demonstrating that hes not in fact a genius threatens that situation

I think he just overestimates the public's affection for free speech

Aww shucks

Elon Musk found dead at Twitter HQ of apparent suicide https://t.co/CwuEgpaPTA

— ACABylon Bot, LLC (@ACABylonBee) October 5, 2023

LOL are headlines back on Twitter now?

No, only on embeds, because nothing this cunt does works consistently.

this headlines thing is working opposite to its intent, i'm clicking on the pictures out of curiosity now whereas before i'd read the headline, roll my eyes and scroll on

Twitter/X will remove the ability to see interaction counts (likes, reposts and comments) from posts on the timeline. pic.twitter.com/Ee7d2YpvIT

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 6, 2023

check out the bootlickers in the comments

that's elon's martingale strategy

Plz let me know when Musk eliminates the ability for users to post content as the newest special feature of x.com

there are already enough posts tbrr

check out the bootlickers in the comments

they're all getting ratioed while the people dunking on him are getting a bunch of likes, guess it makes sense now

all in all pretty sad state of things when virtually every change you make gets a universally negative response. i know this has been said a zillion times but its really astonishing how much this dude is just Lowtax with an even worse sense of humor

say what you like about lowtax, he had a proactive approach to problem solving that musk could learn a lot from

I think Musk deleted that Tweet, so even he sees it's a bad idea

i wouldn't take it as a sign that he thinks it's a bad idea, he's just a sulky mf

Seems almost certain that Musk tweets this shit out on a whim and then whoever's left at Twitter has to try & find a way to make it work.

He has some thing now about wanting to make people click into the tweets--like he's going to hide the likes and comments numbers inside--I guess because if you do then you're more likely to read the comments and get mad and reply and etc.

does anyone really care how many likes some tweet got, feel like it works the other way around if you see a tweet has a ton of interactions then maybe you look at the comments

I'm sure Elon cares

i don't know if it's a massive deal except when you're looking to see whether there's a stramash to pile in on, but i'm baffled if i can see how those little counters interfere with readability

check out the bootlickers in the comments

obviously you're late to the party

usually the bootlickers are commenting under Musk's posts

always a good sign when you break out the chum box

Twitter / X is serving users with a new ad format that can't be blocked or reported

the ads aren't even actual X posts & aren't connected to any X accounts. they do not disclose that they are ads

it appears the ads are connected to clickbait ad networks https://t.co/5BbxToARIg pic.twitter.com/aSoUfiSMV6

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) October 6, 2023

meanwhile the only email twitter-alerts i get are from someone i have never followed

he's a jazz pianist who's written a book about china so it could be worse but no alerts wd be preferable

Oh my god. When Linda Yaccarino said that Visa was a “returning advertiser” she meant the company spent $10 on Twitter ads in the last 12 weeks.

Not ten million. Not ten thousand.

Ten dollars. pic.twitter.com/FrqTctoA27

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 6, 2023

where's the lie though

does anyone really care how many likes some tweet got, feel like it works the other way around if you see a tweet has a ton of interactions then maybe you look at the comments

― lag∞n, Friday, October 6, 2023 5:25 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Who knows the intent but it seems like one thing this would do hide how few interactions a lot of the blue-check posts they're boosting actually have. I think it's true people are more likely to click on things that already have a lot of engagement, so hiding the numbers on the blue-check posts could theoretically help them get more engagement by making it less obvious what losers they are? Anyway, that plus the ad thing feels like an effort to turn Twitter from something more like a tool you could use into a stream of passive content forced on you regardless of your interest. (With the caveat that you can always just quit, of course.)

look there's a dopamine rush associated with getting a ton of likes and RTs making that shit not matter is just gonna further disincentivize users from actually trying to make good shit. i mean like it or not the gamification is sorta central to the platform

It is, he's just trying to rig the rules of the gamification to favor his trolls. But it won't work because nobody likes them.

people who bought the blue check thought they were gonna be twitter stars lol

paying for it is an instant request for wallet inspection so I can't really blame Musk for milking the herd tbh

It's fun to think about how many of the remaining blue ticks realise they've been pwned but are hanging on in there because they refuse to acknowledge it publicly

more from that advertising $ story

During the September 27 interview, Yaccarino also claimed, “In the last 12 weeks alone, about 1,500 advertisers have returned. So whether it is small business or big brands, right? Like AT&T, Visa, Nissan, all returning.” Of those three companies she specifically mentioned, AT&T is the only one that was a top advertiser pre-Musk, and the company has spent just $781 in the last 12 weeks — 99.96% less than the more than $1.77 million it spent during the 12 weeks before Musk’s acquisition.

Visa and Nissan are similarly spending just a fraction of what they spent pre-Musk. Visa spent just $10, and Nissan spent just $687, in the last 12 weeks — 99.99% and 99.77% less than they respectively spent during the 12 weeks before Musk’s acquisition.

what are they even doing with these tiny buys

targeting the tiny “losers who pay for twitter” market?

what kind of ad do you get for ten bucks? I might get in on this

I wouldn't be surprised if the Visa ads were just displayed on accident and they got invoiced for them

tfw when you target just one specific guy on twitter..... and he scrolls past your ad

that article says it's using data from sensor tower - have no idea what their methodology is or how accurate it is. still, a good article for lols all around

pic.twitter.com/OfrVCLlMOF

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2023

I SEE YOU

what the

did he make that with iMessage

beginning to think he has broken through to some new conceptual level of shitposting

pretty sure i recognize those fire clips from a shareware pack i had 20 years ago