stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down156file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldnews@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-square41fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldnews@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-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up105arrow-down2·1 year agoJournalists are doing the world a serious disfavor by continuing to wank Elon off by using and reporting on a failed web company.
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoHalf of the active user base are journalists and think tankers. So small wonder they are more interested than the general public.
Journalists are doing the world a serious disfavor by continuing to wank Elon off by using and reporting on a failed web company.
Half of the active user base are journalists and think tankers. So small wonder they are more interested than the general public.