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Twitter/Musk deal hanging on by a thread. Twitter fraud on bot #s may sink the deal.

Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:28 am
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:28 am
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
21440 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:30 am to
Musk knew all that beforehand. I don’t think he ever really wanted to buy. What a shame because it would have been great.
Posted by IH8ThreePutts
Member since Mar 2018
1826 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:30 am to
Elon is Savage
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
26340 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:31 am to
So he used his immense wealth to root out lies and evil? Like Batman?

Elon musk is batman.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
52443 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:31 am to
If he still wants it he'll buy it for a song and a dance.
This post was edited on 5/17/22 at 9:18 am
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
139346 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:33 am to
Twitter very well may be sued into bankruptcy after it is all said and done. Bunch of crooks…selling ads based on fake numbers.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25434 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:36 am to
I’m starting to wonder whether he ever wanted to buy it either or if his goal was really to expose the political bias in their censorship and the high number of bots to torpedo Twitter’s value to advertisers and their stock price
Posted by Catahoula20LSU
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2011
2935 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:37 am to
If he buys it, it will be for much less. If he doesn’t, he will root out all the bots and destroy the company financially because the ad revenue is based on falsified numbers and they know that. So, which goal did Elon have in mind? Enquiring minds want to know.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
40541 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:40 am to
Not to threadjack but, I wonder if Facebook’s numbers are fake too?

They tell you your reach, but how do you know it’s real?
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
139346 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:42 am to
It’s a valid point.

Devin Nunes says the real numbers are with Instagram and Tic Tok.

The irony of Chinese owned TicTok maintaining real numbers and US based Twitter faking big numbers is pretty rich.
This post was edited on 5/17/22 at 6:44 am
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
9649 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:48 am to
quote:

Twitter very well may be sued into bankruptcy after it is all said and done. Bunch of crooks…selling ads based on fake numbers.


Twitter, Facebook and Google are shining examples of the Democratic party. Everyone knows they were cheating, yet no one has been able to challenge them successfully and prove it.
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
20859 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:49 am to
I wonder how much Elon shorted Twitter for before all this started.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7932 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:49 am to
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would have been great


This could destroy Twitter.
As well as send execs to prison.

This might be even better.
Posted by TigerStripes30
Alexandria, LA
Member since Dec 2011
6403 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:56 am to
Musk will shut down twitter without even having to buy it...savage
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
27649 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:00 am to
This is playing out exactly as Musk knew it would. Anyone who doesn’t think he’s two steps ahead is kidding himself.
Posted by Warfox
B.R. Native (now in MA)
Member since Apr 2017
3781 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:02 am to
quote:

Not to threadjack but, I wonder if Facebook’s numbers are fake too? They tell you your reach, but how do you know it’s real?


…you mean LifeLog
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
76012 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:03 am to
This is all about exposing the fake-arse nature of left-run social media.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
40541 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:04 am to
Hopefully this scares Facebook, google and others, but I doubt it.

They all need to be investigated.
Posted by dr
texas
Member since Mar 2022
1299 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:06 am to
I had frequented a forum known for its interesting topics
"a god like production" 10 years ago
they had a "users, posts, ticker at the top
there was no way that thing was even close to accurate
it would show lots (1000's) post for a day, and the site would be boringly dead
I thought it was bots/fake accts, back then driving posts, on dead threads
all to drive revenue
had a "discussion with the owner" about it and left after that
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
23060 posts
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:10 am to
quote:

Musk knew all that beforehand. I don’t think he ever really wanted to buy. What a shame because it would have been great.



Yeah, but making his due diligence on bots public could be a big deal for Twitter going forward. I’m not really sure how they survive this unless the deal goes through
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