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[–] curious_illusions@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No he shouldn't. He should just do nothing. Let Twitter die already. Also those are all so obviously AI generated images lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I can't agree that nothing should be done. I would love Twitter to die, but these scams are actively hurting people. They are criminals and must be stopped and Twitter is doing nothing about it, even when Elon himself is used as bait.

[–] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The biggest scammer of them all runs Twitter, so don't get your hopes up too high.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not hopeful at all. If anything, it will get worse.

[–] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'm hopeful it will get worse.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe to someone who's online and knows what to spot it is. For a normie, it's good enough to pass off as authentic.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You and I wind up subsidizing these scams, as victims can fall into the social safety net.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unlike here, where all the celebrities are 100% real, take it from me.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I loved you in that thing!

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for loving me in that thing too!

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Not in that other thing though. So happy you made that thing after it. Soooooo good! You were robbed of that Oscar.

[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Elon doesn't have to do anything. People need to leave Twitter.

[–] hayes_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pet peeve of mine: nothing about this is “ironic.”

If the author really wants an adverb, I’d probably go with “unsurprisingly.”

[–] damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They don't know what the word means. They honestly seem to think that the word ironic means slightly funny.

[–] charolastra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think "incidentally" would fit quite well here

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just like Security can’t stop every spam email, Twitter can’t stop every falsehood on its service. Both should try, though. Twitter has metrics and can put a stop to trending tweets that are clearly disinformation.

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon fired that team the moment he bought Twitter.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They had a method of filtering this out before. That's what verification badges were lol. Now it's just a checkmark saying you're a loser who paid to get boosted on social media, and deserve to get bullied for supporting the alt-right.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It sure was less of a problem before MElon took over.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet Elon Musk is wondering if it can be monetized.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

He is monetizing it. That’s one of the article’s main points.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He doesn't care. He only bought Twitter with Saudi money so that he could trash it and help prevent another Arab Spring.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Step 1. Create Mastodon Instance specifically to cater to oppressed people in oppressive regimes.

Step 2. Create bots to emulate dissidents.

Step 3. Sell instance to oppressive regimes for $$$

Step 4. Rinse and Repeat.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's a sociopath. He won't care until it costs him money.

[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Isn't it already costing him money? I find it very hard to believe there hasn't been a dip in ad revenue since all this madness started.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I could only imagine what a Bear Grylls scam would look like.

"If you donate one pisscoin to my wallet I'll promise to double it!"

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Elon is a social media Genius!

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If no one is willing to leave the platform, he doesn’t have to do anything.

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago
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