4d ago

How Elon Musk's favorite news influencer is capitalizing on his clout

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Elon Musk spends much of his time reposting and replying to social media posts on X, often with single word comments like "wow," "truth" or "interesting."
Musk's clout as the owner of X and its most influential user means that the posts he interacts with tend to gain widespread attention, often reaching at least a million views.

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4d ago

How Elon Musk's favorite news influencer is capitalizing on his clout

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People need to get off all corporate social media. It can’t be trusted.
- That's the thing I can't fully understand. What sticky secret sauce does Twitter have that keeps people on it? I never saw its appeal and never created an account. I tried Bluesky and was underwhelmed. Instagram had some stickiness, but then it got stale after the initial novelty wore off. Maybe my brain just isn't wired for those types of social media.
  
  What sticky secret sauce does Twitter have that keeps people on it?
  No secret, it's just social graph + apathy.

Do they mention that he owns the platform and the first thing he got the devs to do was give him the ability to make up views and RTs. There is also an algorithm that will scale his posts astronomically compared to a real one.
So yeah, people are dumb if they think 309m people “liked” his post that read “wow.” 😆
- Thats not fair! He also made himself followed by evryone on the platform. He got those views naturally. Naturally like a burst sewer pipe in a crowded convention.

"most influential user" feels debatable

Cool

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