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Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,... (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...::undefined

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[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's Elon Musk spam on this community every day. Can we stop doing the billionaire's PR for him?

Downvote this garbage.

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

If 1/2 the clowns that endlessly post anti-Twitter/anti-Musk stories would just STOP USING TWITTER, the entire site would collapse. Sick of seeing that asswipe's name, but I'm not on his goddamn platform. I don't drive his shitty cars. I won't fawn over every goddamn thing he does.

How much of an absolute douche do you have to be to make Zuck look good in comparison?!

You claim you hate the guy, but the fact that you have a Twitter account proves that was a lie.

[–] dub@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I agree, it's good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It's not like it's positive for him

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Musk operates on the "There is no such thing as bad publicity model". He doesn't care if the news is bad or good so long as his name / businesses are in the 24-hour news cycle. It's stupid, but he gets idiots to bring him more attention.

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is %100 wrong when your main source of revenue is advertising. Advertisers very much care about bad press.

Edit: How relevant - https://lemmy.world/post/3325197

[–] HellAwaits@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He doesn't care, yet he's suing an organization for reporting news on content on his website.

I think you need to check your facts.

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Your example fits into the 'any publicity is good publicity' mindset too, fyi.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Elon zucc cagefight bs is pointless muskspam. This is not

[–] HellAwaits@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a genius idea: block the content or ignore it.