He does pay - I once listened to a explainer on it - ditto candace owens - they use paid advertising boosts to send stuff viral. it's quite an elaborate operation - he doesn't just post the stuff on his FB page and get massive engagement - there is a network of bogus pages which promote it. ETA: Judd Legum is the guy who has studied it.
Twitter seems back to the worst days of 15/16 with bigots openly swarming the timeline See for instance Tim Pool and co defending the colorado gunman - it continues to amaze me that the federal government takes no action on this kind of incitement of domestic terrorism In all seriousness, you can already see that Musk is careening toward his story, which is that Twitter cratering was the fault of Black people, Jews, Latinos, gay people and everyone else from the "woke mob". He's just said he cut a deal with their reps and they betrayed him.— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 23, 2022
Well that other financial wizard is also a Twitter investor. Shocking! The moron didn't even sell his stocks when Elmo bought it out. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried owns a stake in Twitter that’s worth — or was worth — about $100 million, Semafor reports. Bankman-Fried had started accumulating a stake in Twitter early this year with an eye toward acquiring the social network himself.
They are taking their time in dying. World Cup traffic hit almost 20,000 tweets per second today! Great work by Twitter team managing record usage.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2022 Maybe this is why it won't die. 1595514947357679616 is not a valid tweet id
With advertisers running away, more usage just makes Twitter more expensive to operate, so Elom is losing money faster.
Anyone paid for TESLA self-drive? You can turn it on now. Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option. Congrats to Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022
For those looking for a refuge from Elmo hellhole.....I joined it as well. There is a waiting list but slowly it is being cured. It is also much easier to use than Mastodon. 1595865730104557568 is not a valid tweet id
I was number #1584 and got my confirmation today. I am sure you will get it soon. It is really a cool site so much cleaner and easier than mastodon. I have already followed over 40 people I knew on Twitter. I have it as an app on my phone as well.
I got approved for Post. Like the look of it so far. However, past experience has taught me that for every Twitter, there's a site like Google+. My other complaint is that I joined Twitter in 2009, over the years I developed several lists that were able to give my interests and act as a hub. Now, I have to rebuild that.
Yeah but most of the folks I was following on twitter have jumped ship or cross posting on Post now. I also like that some bis papers and magazines have account there as well. I am really hopeful that Post will take off. Twitter is a true hellhole now.
True. When I have more time I will try to find stuff more to my taste. No way am I joining Mastodon though.
Apple's analytics logs include the Directory Services Identifier, unique to each iCloud account. The terms and conditions says that thee analytics logs are anonymous. 🚨 New Findings:🧵 1/6Apple’s analytics data include an ID called “dsId”. We were able to verify that “dsId” is the “Directory Services Identifier”, an ID that uniquely identifies an iCloud account. Meaning, Apple’s analytics can personally identify you 👇 pic.twitter.com/3DSUFwX3nV— Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@mysk_co) November 21, 2022
That's outrageous! I'll really dump Apple if Tim Apple buys ManU. Oh wait - I use Android. Nevermind.
Trump does have a contract, but is not he has ever cared about that. Sobering to realize that even Donald Trump has the willpower to stay off Twitter but I don't— Todd in the Shadows (@ShadowTodd) November 25, 2022
Potential new competitor in cell phone biz BREAKING: Elon Musk says he will “make an alternative phone” if Apple and Google remove the Twitter app from their App Stores.— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 25, 2022
Musk attacking and pushing an antisemitic trope against Vindman......He is truly garbage. Vindman is both puppet & puppeteer. Question is who pulls his strings … ?— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2022