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Elon Musk hides X engagement figures amid user exodus (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Over a million people joined Bluesky after the election and seem to be using it. Also a lot of news & media companies have moved over too. So I would assume that at least that many users have disappeared from X or their activity has diminished. On top of that all the bots have gone home now the election is over so the amount of activity must have suffered. And Bluesky is basically old Twitter so people are settling into it and liking it.

I would advise anyone who still using X to give it a try. And if they want to use X for whatever reason - uninstall the app, install Control Panel for Twitter into their mobile browser and browse that for a relatively bullshit free experience - no ads, no algorithmic lists, just what you subscribe to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Should I try Bluesky even if I barely have used Xitter recently?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

If you don't use Twitter then I don't see any reason to try Bluesky since it could basically be described as classic Twitter. But if you liked Twitter until it because a cesspit of far right shitheads, crypto bros, bots, and ads then give Bluesky a go.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I'm loving it so far!!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All of the numbers are fake anyway. You can just sit there and f5 the page to get views on your own tweet lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

is this true Captain?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup just tried it again. Also basically anything counts as a view, scroll by the post, embedded tweet, scraper scraping the tweet. Almost every time the page is viewed by anyone or anything will bump the number even if it's repeated visit from the same viewer withing short time frame.

I guess it's kinda nice that it's simply transparent like that for admins but that's not what users expect - it's a useless metric and very easy to inflate.

I'm tempted to fire up a dozen android emulators with a refresh loop to see how far this can be pushed but I really don't want to have that shit platform on my mind longer than I have to tbh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Even GitHub provides more sophisticated metrics

[–] [email protected] 176 points 4 days ago (1 children)

LOL... is he hiding cause of an exodus, or because of the bot farm he ran for the elections?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

¿Por qué no ambos?

[–] [email protected] 149 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nazi, who inherited his generational fortune through slave labor, makes people uncomfortable. They leave. Nazi lies about being weird and/or a Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Insists being a Nazi should not influence anything and demands people and ad money returns.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How long until he sues users to return like he is with advertisers?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Probably in 2025 when he moves all government communication to X because "it's more efficient".

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I never really understood twitter. Feels to me like it's all about following personalities in a poor format that doesn't cater to discussion. I've had an account since early, mostly for testing twitter integrations for work. I haven't even bothered to log in for a couple of years.

I logged in yesterday just to deactivate my account.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think it really only made sense to me when it was SMS social media.

Can't remember which phone I had but for something like this it was neat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I made a Twitter account in the early days when I was a teenager. The sole reason I made it was because one of my favorite bands had an account. Their posts would be sent in an SMS to my phone, and the cool thing about that was how it felt like they were texting me personally.

I have no idea when I last logged in, let alone when I last posted. When the SMS feature was dropped, so did my interest.

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[–] [email protected] 126 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This just in, lying piece of shit liar lies about something again. 😆

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

lying piece of shit liar lies

I feel like you're trying to imply something here...

[–] [email protected] 81 points 4 days ago (1 children)

don't look guys! I totally did not piss my pants!

-- Elon Musk

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 4 days ago (7 children)

X is done.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep. Fortunately for Elon (and, you know, fascism) he doesn't need it any more. For Elon, it is already 'Mission Accomplished'. The richest, most thin-skinned losers on Earth already control the biggest economy and the biggest military. What more could that shitstain hope to get out of Twitter?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Well now he's calling for a new election in the UK (presumably to put the right wing bac in) so looks like he's not happy with just proxy ruling America.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, you have to remember, he's an entitled NepoBaby manchild who grew up rich off an emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa, failed upwards into every position he's ever held after blowing shit tons of money into failing companies, claims he knows more about manufacturing than anyone else despite his products getting recalled almost weekly and openly flaunting safety standards over the color of safety gear, and just overall is a massive dweeb who shills failed crypto scams and political grifts over on the Social Media platform he spent Too Much Money™️ on.

So yeah, of COURSE he thinks he can shadow-run 2 governments at once by funding Fascist takeovers. He's just that stupid and entitled. And when it all blows up in his face one day, all I will do is laugh.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Haha right you are. It is in his nature, I suppose, to grasp and grasp after already being the richest person in history. In a better world, we would put people like Musk in a nice, humane institution.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He’s not the richest in history. Modern history, sure if you count excluding inflation. But when people like Mansa Musa existed Musk has quite a ways to go. Hell even Carnegie’s wealth eclipsed Musk if you’re talking purchasing power.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Musk has now surpassed Carnegie. You are right about Mansa Musa (for now), but the gap is closing. According to google today, Musk is at $334B, Carnegie peaked at a modest $309B, and Mansa Musa had about $400B, though there are quibbles about personal wealth vs. kingdom's treasury. If you want to compare Musk and Musa, I think you could reasonably add the GDP of the US to Musk's fortune, since he is one of the puppeteers behind Trump. All figures adjusted for inflation, by the way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Or a nice, sharp guillotine

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It served its purpose.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let that sink in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

X never was. Twitter is dead though

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh I hope this is true.

[–] tigeruppercut 19 points 4 days ago (4 children)

In the future I hope they do studies on what percentage of nazi content is necessary to destabilize a platform and get an established base of regular people and companies to flee.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago

Elon Musk before: "Oh, these old Twitter executives were so dumb. When number go up, you've gotta show it everywhere!"

Elon Musk now: "Number not go up? For cripes sake, don't show it!"

[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Now do this to Tesla. Make owning a Tesla make you a pariah.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago (4 children)

It already does.

Sorry to people that haven't sold theirs yet.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Being a Tesla owner is brutal because neither the left nor the right respect you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Gotta get one of the "I bought this before we knew Elon was an asshole" bumper stickers.

Obviously only works on a car that came out before we knew Elon was an asshole

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Decent first step with the Cybertruck. Though he botched it and instead of making owners pariahs, they turn owners into clowns and lacerated patients.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There's a guy in Hawaii selling "I bought this before I knew Elon was crazy" bumper stickers for $10, and he's already sold over 10,000 this year.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Release the X files, Elon.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't adding engagement numbers to each tweet one of the first things he added? I remember thinking "who the fuck wants to see that?" But I guess to people like him that was important at the time? Huh.