Comment on Blue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas War

seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• takeda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  He claims that paying helps eliminate bots, there’s no way he truly believes that or he is dumber than given credit for. The entities that are interested in disinformation have deep pockets.

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Musk knows, he just wants to make money.

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    • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why though? How is his life any different if he makes more money?

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      • 0xD21F@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because Twitter owes more in interest on the loans he took to buy it than it makes every month and he needs to dig himself out of a financial black hole.

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      • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What has been his motivation since becoming a millionaire? Money gives him control over others.

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      • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        He can say he makes more money for one. /s

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      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If twatter turns a profit he looks good (to simps). If it craters he looks like he fucked up.

        Two words for Lonnie: clown shoes

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  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But then unemployed facebook moms can’t spread their misinformation about whatever it is that’s virally spreading that week.

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