Tech Thread

[Wayward DP]

only Elon can make the Zuckerfucker an even remotely sympathetic figure. and somehow, he has done it.

 

[CH1]

zuck has the basic good sense to stay in his lane (will not ask SNL to host their show)

 

[Blueman]

in an ironic twist, zuck was the secret financing for the twitter deal, not some saudi prince

 

[MindzEye]

Could have saved a lot of money by just buying one of the right wing shitshows

 

[zeke]

ponzi time

 

[MindzEye]

Nice system. Designed to only benefit the people who Elons wing nut 8 dollar army already follow.

 

[CH1]

You don’t pay $8/mo = you’re a bot

 

[zeke]

Except that tons of verifieds are bots, of course.

 

[CH1]

Except that tons of verifieds are bots, of course.

Interesting.
How does that work — people running bots are paying $100/yr for the privilege to spam?
Could get pricey if you’re running a serious bot farm.

 

[zeke]

Interesting.
How does that work — people running bots are paying $100/yr for the privilege to spam?
Could get pricey if you’re running a serious bot farm.

not sure how it works, but many are blatant bots.

 

[CH1]

not sure how it works, but many are blatant bots.

 

[MindzEye]

Interesting.
How does that work — people running bots are paying $100/yr for the privilege to spam?
Could get pricey if you’re running a serious bot farm.

Governments have deep pockets.

1 million usd for an information operation featuring 10,000 accounts isn't a crazy idea.

 

[MindzEye]

I mean, the Saudis just spent billions to move the needle on their Q rating with white men aged 35+ and will do so again at the first opportunity.

 

[CH1]

Governments have deep pockets.

1 million usd for an information operation featuring 10,000 accounts isn't a crazy idea.

I can see election interference being worth the ROI but not sure about convincing people the earth is flat or George Soros is a pedo

 

[MindzEye]

I can see election interference being worth the ROI but not sure about convincing people the earth is flat or George Soros is a pedo

Disagree.

I think propping up the entire wingnut ecosystem is the play to destabilize the west. Antivax, flat earth, adrenochrome, whatever is popping at the moment.

 

[CH1]

I find it irritating and noisy — and it sure is grabbing a lot of headlines but is it actually paying off? Is the West really destabilising? Things are pretty much simultaneously as shitty and wonderful as I’ve ever seen.

 

[MindzEye]

I find it irritating and noisy — and it sure is grabbing a lot of headlines but is it actually paying off? Is the West really destabilising? Things are pretty much simultaneously as shitty and wonderful as I’ve ever seen.

A similar operation helped get trump elected...

And if he were to win in 2024, social media manipulation will play a significant role.

I'd say that was pretty destabilizing in the way Russia, Iran, Saudis, China, etc want

 

[G-Dub]

 

[MindzEye]

Should have bought OnlyFeet eh Gordo?

 

[MindzEye]

Also fwiw, a 50% reduction in advertisement revenue is about 2.5B. Debt servicing costs are another 1B

Twitter was revenue neutral before he took over, so they're about negative 3.5B annually and then adjust for employee cost savings (by having, like, 6 people left on the payroll) not paying for rent and severance packages, etc.

So twitter is probably losing roughly 2.8 billion a year with no path to profitability short of 28 million people joining twitter blue.