It is, he's just trying to rig the rules of the gamification to favor his trolls. But it won't work because nobody likes them.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:31 (eleven months ago) link
people who bought the blue check thought they were gonna be twitter stars lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 22:32 (eleven months ago) link
paying for it is an instant request for wallet inspection so I can't really blame Musk for milking the herd tbh
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:34 (eleven months ago) link
It's fun to think about how many of the remaining blue ticks realise they've been pwned but are hanging on in there because they refuse to acknowledge it publicly
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:37 (eleven months ago) link
more from that advertising $ story
During the September 27 interview, Yaccarino also claimed, “In the last 12 weeks alone, about 1,500 advertisers have returned. So whether it is small business or big brands, right? Like AT&T, Visa, Nissan, all returning.” Of those three companies she specifically mentioned, AT&T is the only one that was a top advertiser pre-Musk, and the company has spent just $781 in the last 12 weeks — 99.96% less than the more than $1.77 million it spent during the 12 weeks before Musk’s acquisition.Visa and Nissan are similarly spending just a fraction of what they spent pre-Musk. Visa spent just $10, and Nissan spent just $687, in the last 12 weeks — 99.99% and 99.77% less than they respectively spent during the 12 weeks before Musk’s acquisition.
Visa and Nissan are similarly spending just a fraction of what they spent pre-Musk. Visa spent just $10, and Nissan spent just $687, in the last 12 weeks — 99.99% and 99.77% less than they respectively spent during the 12 weeks before Musk’s acquisition.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:55 (eleven months ago) link
what are they even doing with these tiny buys
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 October 2023 22:56 (eleven months ago) link
targeting the tiny “losers who pay for twitter” market?
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, 6 October 2023 22:57 (eleven months ago) link
what kind of ad do you get for ten bucks? I might get in on this
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:05 (eleven months ago) link
I wouldn't be surprised if the Visa ads were just displayed on accident and they got invoiced for them
― c u (crüt), Friday, 6 October 2023 23:28 (eleven months ago) link
tfw when you target just one specific guy on twitter..... and he scrolls past your ad
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 00:05 (eleven months ago) link
that article says it's using data from sensor tower - have no idea what their methodology is or how accurate it is. still, a good article for lols all around
― 龜, Saturday, 7 October 2023 12:16 (eleven months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/OfrVCLlMOF— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2023
― 龜, Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:46 (eleven months ago) link
I SEE YOU
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:46 (eleven months ago) link
what the
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:17 (eleven months ago) link
did he make that with iMessage
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:18 (eleven months ago) link
beginning to think he has broken through to some new conceptual level of shitposting
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:30 (eleven months ago) link
pretty sure i recognize those fire clips from a shareware pack i had 20 years ago
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:33 (eleven months ago) link
he's just appropriating the Eye of Sauron meme and applying it to X. great messaging there.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:33 (eleven months ago) link
best part is how fucked up and off center the x is when its spinning and changing sizes
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:38 (eleven months ago) link
it’s like a meme you’d see on someone’s laptop in a tv show
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:39 (eleven months ago) link
definitely was made on a phone
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:40 (eleven months ago) link
He probably stole someone else's meme.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:41 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, as though he could make even something this shit himself.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 8 October 2023 01:27 (eleven months ago) link
Very reminiscent of Trump reposting memes of himself as Rocky and Superman
― Alba, Sunday, 8 October 2023 05:37 (eleven months ago) link
what’s the eye of Sauron meme
― vashti funyuns (sic), Sunday, 8 October 2023 08:25 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah I’m not familiar w that one tbh
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 09:36 (eleven months ago) link
Have you guys not seen Lord of the Rings, just referencing the CUT TO GIANT FLAMING EYE shots of Sauronhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOBVwZI7z6s
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Sunday, 8 October 2023 09:44 (eleven months ago) link
right yes but a meme? am unfamilz
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 12:32 (eleven months ago) link
I went for months feeling like Twitter was going to basically stay the same for normal users even while Musk kept getting weirder and bitterer but I have to say, in the last few weeks there is really noticeably more right-wing troll content in my "For You" tab, and just plain LESS in my "Following" tab, presumably because a lot of people I follow are no longer posting.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 9 October 2023 00:37 (eleven months ago) link
As long as the fascist neo-nazi content is saturating the rest of the platform, but isn’t right on my feed, I’ll keep using it, eh?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 9 October 2023 03:08 (eleven months ago) link
i’ll keep drinking that garbage
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 October 2023 08:33 (eleven months ago) link
yea I opened it last night what with Sunday Night Football and a MLB playoff game going at the same time, usually it's pretty active then but I'm getting like 5-6 new "posts" every 10 minutes, nothing like what it used to be
― frogbs, Monday, 9 October 2023 13:42 (eleven months ago) link
already grinding my teeth at now seeing media using the "..posted on X, formerly known as Twitter"
― Ste, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:03 (eleven months ago) link
twxttxr
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 October 2023 14:13 (eleven months ago) link
what a terrible moment for twitter to have decayed so far into a feed of what basically one guy thinks you should see https://t.co/mtsHDwV3xM— Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) October 9, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 9 October 2023 15:56 (eleven months ago) link
one guy who *lowers sunglasses* is also an idiot and a bad person btw
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 October 2023 15:59 (eleven months ago) link
elmo what if there are no objective or accurate words *elmo self destructs like fembot*
― i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:01 (eleven months ago) link
can we not refer to Elon Musk as "elmo", as a point of respect to the beloved former ilxor elmo argonaut?
― peace, man, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:06 (eleven months ago) link
Also it's too fucking easy to find him.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:07 (eleven months ago) link
oh that's Waldo
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:08 (eleven months ago) link
having a harder time finding elmo... can you tell me how to get to sesame street
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:12 (eleven months ago) link
That's not the way, Mr. Noodle!
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:14 (eleven months ago) link
yeah idk how elmo is insulting. you’re either not wanting to say his name, or you’re comparing him to a children’s character that was only publicly reviled when he was made into a popular toy but has otherwise been a beloved, empathetic character for several generations
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:14 (eleven months ago) link
ok from now on he's x
― i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:17 (eleven months ago) link
xlxn mxsk
― peace, man, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:18 (eleven months ago) link
pxdo guy
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:20 (eleven months ago) link
El No
― Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:24 (eleven months ago) link
Xlon
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:26 (eleven months ago) link
Nole Skum
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:38 (eleven months ago) link
Emerald boy
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:52 (eleven months ago) link