Comment on Why do hacked channels on youtube always post Tesla/SpaceX stuff?
Echo5@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If I had to guess, it’d be that it’s easy rage bait since folks get so worked up over him.
Comment on Why do hacked channels on youtube always post Tesla/SpaceX stuff?
Echo5@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If I had to guess, it’d be that it’s easy rage bait since folks get so worked up over him.
dactylotheca@suppo.fi 3 months ago
Scammers want to attract people who are gullible and stupid enough that they don’t see they’re getting scammed.
People who are “worked up” about Elon aren’t going to watch a scam video that purports to be by Elon / SpaceX / whatever and go “by golly I clicked this because I get so worked up about Elon, but he’s saying he can make me rich. Maybe I’ve been wrong the whole time?”
Echo5@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I was thinking more along the lines of a troll hacking an account and then trolling more by posting things they know a lot of people would get angry at. People don’t even have to open the video, just visit/be subscribed to the channel. “Some men like to watch the world burn” kind of vibe.
dactylotheca@suppo.fi 3 months ago
Uh, ok. I mean I do get what you mean, but that sounds so far-fetched that it’s a bit funny.
In any case, the Elon-related scams are pretty much always about crypto, far as I can tell. There’s absolutely a profit motive there, they’re not just doing it to piss people off