this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 117 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Here we are again acknowledging what a turd Elon is and not deleting our accounts. A missing user base talks but repeatedly acknowledging how bad he is while continuing to use the service does nothing.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well, now, let's be thorough here! Repeatedly acknowledging how bad he is doesn't do nothing!

It's much worse, it drives engagement! It does precisely the only thing any of these social media companies care about.

[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

"a missing userbase talks" is a dope line, FWIW.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Nah don’t delete, hoard the accounts. Especially if you have a coveted username. If X has a lot of users but only a fraction is truly active that would fuck their ad business. Advertisers will quickly realize those numbers are fudged and stop paying the prices X is asking.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

That bit largely already happened. Twitter isn't self-funded, it loses lots of money already. It's just a tool ~~cumbadger~~ Elon uses to exert influence. Like Bezos and WP, but better value for money.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Social media addiction is a hell of a drug.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Afflicting almost everyone. Sad state we're in.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I deleted my account a while ago, once I realized it would never improve. Musk “stepped down” but still controls X. The Twitter we liked before is never coming back.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 46 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So, does California have a warrant out for Leon? Or is this just fantasy.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Leon Sumk in ~~The Fugit~~ The X

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Elon is so pathetic, he lies about being good at video games and then shows he knows nothing about the games he supposedly is good at when trying to flex how good he is at the game on a live stream.

[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

His problem is he has never had his comeuppance

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Nah, he got knocked down some stairs once.

A few more flights might have taught him some character.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

What's the 50 line about glass jaws?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 36 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm sure Elon is completely unaware of ClownWorld and its existence as a community of Nazi dogwhistlers.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just one more in a line of 1,488 unrelated occurrences.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Holy shit you’re right, I completely missed/forgot about this clown thing.

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the warning

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 31 points 11 months ago

Goebbels respawned as a billionaire

[–] DocumentingReality@lemmy.cafe 14 points 11 months ago

That was one of the reasons why he bought Twitter - now call X. So, he can do whatever he wants on his platform. Even if it means, tweeting fake news.

I used to be on Twitter. But I gave that gig up. As well, as Facebook. There are plenty of other places on the net to interact and I won't give either a single penny (for my thoughts).

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 7 points 11 months ago

I want to break all of his fingers each time he uses an emoji. Use your words, like a big boy, Elon.