stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down156file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1299arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
We took a close look at Elon Musk’s more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
minus-squaresgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoWhen you follow the money, yes. Users who register’share’ the as adrevenue. You need to have a lot of exposure and followers to get the check written. Guess who’s getting more money …
minus-square30mag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAh… I wasn’t thinking about that.
Is this important to anyone?
When you follow the money, yes. Users who register’share’ the as adrevenue. You need to have a lot of exposure and followers to get the check written. Guess who’s getting more money …
Ah… I wasn’t thinking about that.