I'm sure Elon cares
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 6 October 2023 17:26 (seven months ago) link
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
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 17:28 (seven months ago) link
check out the bootlickers in the comments
― Alba, Friday, 6 October 2023 17:33 (seven months ago) link
obviously you're late to the party
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 17:40 (seven months ago) link
usually the bootlickers are commenting under Musk's posts
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 6 October 2023 17:41 (seven months ago) link
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 reportedthe ads aren't even actual X posts & aren't connected to any X accounts. they do not disclose that they are adsit appears the ads are connected to clickbait ad networks https://t.co/5BbxToARIg pic.twitter.com/aSoUfiSMV6— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) October 6, 2023
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 17:52 (seven months ago) link
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
― mark s, Friday, 6 October 2023 18:45 (seven months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 21:49 (seven months ago) link
where's the lie though
― frogbs, Friday, 6 October 2023 21:53 (seven months ago) link
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.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:12 (seven months ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 6 October 2023 22:18 (seven months ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:31 (seven months ago) link
people who bought the blue check thought they were gonna be twitter stars lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 22:32 (seven months ago) link
paying for it is an instant request for wallet inspection so I can't really blame Musk for milking the herd tbh
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:34 (seven months ago) link
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
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:37 (seven months ago) link
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.
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.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:55 (seven months ago) link
what are they even doing with these tiny buys
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 22:56 (seven months ago) link
targeting the tiny “losers who pay for twitter” market?
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:57 (seven months ago) link
what kind of ad do you get for ten bucks? I might get in on this
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:05 (seven months ago) link
I wouldn't be surprised if the Visa ads were just displayed on accident and they got invoiced for them
― c u (crüt), Friday, 6 October 2023 23:28 (seven months ago) link
tfw when you target just one specific guy on twitter..... and he scrolls past your ad
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 00:05 (seven months ago) link
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
― 龜, Saturday, 7 October 2023 12:16 (seven months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/OfrVCLlMOF— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2023
― 龜, Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:46 (seven months ago) link
I SEE YOU
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:46 (seven months ago) link
what the
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:17 (seven months ago) link
did he make that with iMessage
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:18 (seven months ago) link
beginning to think he has broken through to some new conceptual level of shitposting
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:30 (seven months ago) link
pretty sure i recognize those fire clips from a shareware pack i had 20 years ago
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:33 (seven months ago) link
he's just appropriating the Eye of Sauron meme and applying it to X. great messaging there.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:33 (seven months ago) link
best part is how fucked up and off center the x is when its spinning and changing sizes
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:38 (seven months ago) link
it’s like a meme you’d see on someone’s laptop in a tv show
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:39 (seven months ago) link
definitely was made on a phone
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:40 (seven months ago) link
He probably stole someone else's meme.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:41 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, as though he could make even something this shit himself.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 8 October 2023 01:27 (seven months ago) link
Very reminiscent of Trump reposting memes of himself as Rocky and Superman
― Alba, Sunday, 8 October 2023 05:37 (seven months ago) link
what’s the eye of Sauron meme
― vashti funyuns (sic), Sunday, 8 October 2023 08:25 (seven months ago) link
Yeah I’m not familiar w that one tbh
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 09:36 (seven months ago) link
Have you guys not seen Lord of the Rings, just referencing the CUT TO GIANT FLAMING EYE shots of Sauronhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOBVwZI7z6s
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Sunday, 8 October 2023 09:44 (seven months ago) link
right yes but a meme? am unfamilz
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 12:32 (seven months ago) link
I went for months feeling like Twitter was going to basically stay the same for normal users even while Musk kept getting weirder and bitterer but I have to say, in the last few weeks there is really noticeably more right-wing troll content in my "For You" tab, and just plain LESS in my "Following" tab, presumably because a lot of people I follow are no longer posting.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 9 October 2023 00:37 (six months ago) link
As long as the fascist neo-nazi content is saturating the rest of the platform, but isn’t right on my feed, I’ll keep using it, eh?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 9 October 2023 03:08 (six months ago) link
i’ll keep drinking that garbage
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 October 2023 08:33 (six months ago) link
yea I opened it last night what with Sunday Night Football and a MLB playoff game going at the same time, usually it's pretty active then but I'm getting like 5-6 new "posts" every 10 minutes, nothing like what it used to be
― frogbs, Monday, 9 October 2023 13:42 (six months ago) link
already grinding my teeth at now seeing media using the "..posted on X, formerly known as Twitter"
― Ste, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:03 (six months ago) link
twxttxr
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:13 (six months ago) link
what a terrible moment for twitter to have decayed so far into a feed of what basically one guy thinks you should see https://t.co/mtsHDwV3xM— Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) October 9, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 9 October 2023 15:56 (six months ago) link
one guy who *lowers sunglasses* is also an idiot and a bad person btw
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 October 2023 15:59 (six months ago) link
elmo what if there are no objective or accurate words *elmo self destructs like fembot*
― i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:01 (six months ago) link
can we not refer to Elon Musk as "elmo", as a point of respect to the beloved former ilxor elmo argonaut?
― peace, man, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:06 (six months ago) link
Also it's too fucking easy to find him.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:07 (six months ago) link