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Somehow the bot problem got much worse since Elon took the helm.


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Wait wasn't Elon going to solve the bot problem?

It's funny that Lord Elon whined about abuse from bots then immediately fired the teams that could prevent it.

So now they are bots?

2 weeks ago they were legitimate users and Elon was insane. Now they’re bots.


LOL LMAO!

Remember when Musk said there weren't any bots on his platform? He had the bot problem under control?


Elon only mentioned the bot 'problem' to get out of the deal.

He shut up about the bots as soon as it was evident the excuse wasn't working. Bots are of no concern otherwise.


Per Elon Musk, those are mostly bots.

Elon even said himself while running the Trump resurrection poll that there were so many bots voting. It's somewhat bizarre.

Elon has found the ultimate checkmate to fight the bot problem. No service, no bots.

Surely Elon solved the bot problem with $8 blue checks.

Elon: OMG, there are so many bots (probably)

Also Elon: Due diligence is for plebs


I’ve also noticed a palpable increase in spam, especially DM spam.

Besides that, I think it’s just a loss of faith in Elon to run the place well. There’s already been so many unforced errors[1], and it’s only been a few weeks. People are trying to migrate their networks off now, because if they wait until the site is broken it may be too late.

[1] laying people off and then asking them to come back, rolling out verification and then pausing it, forcing people back to the office and then locking them out of the office, losing the confidence of advertisers and blaming it on a woke mob, etc.


In two weeks Elon will declare that there are 0 real users and that everyone is a ChatGPT bot. Oh wait, he's already said that

I wonder how this can be brigaded and manipulated. Remember, there are millions of bots out there that can be programmed to do whatever they want. If you can brigade them properly, then it can be manipulated. Maybe that's a part of the $8/month plan that Elon has, make it very expensive to run bots.

My favorite part is that Elon's follower count has only been increasing since he bought the platform despite his many public admissions that most of those accounts are bots. notice how when he bans bots from posting he doesn't delete the accounts so his fragile ego won't be hurt by losing followers

And Elon said that's a lie and 90% of them are bots, so...


Poor Elon. He looks stupid either way.

If I cared, I'd go find the Elon tweet where he suggested that he already knew twitter was filled with bots, spammers and himself, shameless self promoters


We're not talking about the hardest content problems on the internet. Look at any of Elon Musk's (or anyone in crypto's) popular tweets and you'll see a flood of incredibly obvious bots that poorly mimic his account, spamming some shit coin or advertising a BTC address.

Also, you're really understating how good Tesla self-drive is. It's not full self-drive but it's a real achievement.


Wait, Elon as CTO? I though that this couldn't get worse but somehow it does.
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