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Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

mashable.com Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

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Elon’s fake followers

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Elon’s fake followers

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Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

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Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

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I have to wonder if he complained to the devs that his posts didn’t get enough impressions so they should update or “fix” the algorithm. Turned out it was easier to fake a change and he’s just now learning that he got tricked?
- Most devs at Twitter are working just enough to look important for another week until they get accepted at another job.
  
  Twitter developers fall into 1 of 3 categories:
  H1B Visa holders who are stuck
  Incompetent devs who can’t find another job
  True believers (you know, morons)
  
  test
  (I am new to Lemmy)
  
  Welcome!

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