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Elon Musk says monthly fee for Twitter/X will combat 'bot army' (Original Post) YoshidaYui Sep 2023 OP
How can he be so dumb? bullimiami Sep 2023 #1
It will cut down on bots. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #2
He plays Jenga with Xitter. He keeps fucking with it. Soon the tower will fall. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #3
Unless they are the bots that originate from Elon. Crowman2009 Sep 2023 #4
Risky strategies Shermann Sep 2023 #5
The racism, antisemitism, and general bigotry has driven away advitisers, he paid too much for ShazamIam Sep 2023 #6

Voltaire2

(13,961 posts)
2. It will cut down on bots.
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 06:39 PM
Sep 2023

But mostly it will tank key advertising stats like average monthly users. So yeah he is an idiot.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
3. He plays Jenga with Xitter. He keeps fucking with it. Soon the tower will fall.
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 06:39 PM
Sep 2023

Charging people for what they're used to getting for free is a difficult move.

Fortunately, I've never had a Twitter account.

Shermann

(7,791 posts)
5. Risky strategies
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 07:06 PM
Sep 2023

I don't see how you win the Platform Wars by slashing your userbase or creating confusion by rebranding.

It could be generating revenue now to pump and dump later. I wouldn't blame him for that.

ShazamIam

(2,631 posts)
6. The racism, antisemitism, and general bigotry has driven away advitisers, he paid too much for
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 08:36 PM
Sep 2023

twitter, hoping to control the national dialog for the 2024 election year but keeps driving users away with his attempts to at least make a break even not negative income.

He seems to be dumber than Trump and certainly knows nothing about marketing his platform.

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