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CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoPerhaps I misunderstood. I thought X was to get the larger corpo users to buy in such as Nintendo share function, news orgs that would aggregate tweets, universities that used it for research qnd such. But I agree with reddit, definitely wanted to drive users to their engagement ads.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
The whole Twitter > x thing has never made any sense. Musk misunderstood what he was signing and accidentally lost an uncountable fortune to buy a social media company and turn it from trash to the shit that skinny raccoons would turn down. Seems to be going well though.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I’m pretty sure he wanted to harm it before the elections or at least make it more right wing. I think he succeeded in both to a degree, his candidate won and he’s getting his reward.
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I do wonder if it was an accident though. He was s already well past the line of stock manipulation so maybe he listened to a lawyer for once and decided he had to follow through this time to stay out of jail. Of course, destroying twitter was all him
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I wish I could make sense out of it either
Like yeah, these characters like Musk are deeply venal and ethically impaired, and that’s just average in my experience
we’re just gambling I guess