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Evidence number 5B772 that Elon Musk is not your friend, and "X" is only good for your reach if you pay for it AND suck him off at the same time:

npub1vz03...ttwj

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

Graphs from this story are stark.

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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

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npub1nlk8...jm9c 8 months ago

We did an AI project ad that said 'big corp AI does not care about truth. they care about money'. our ad account got banned 😃

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

The interesting thing is that the collective takeaway is that Elon is a bad dude not that centralized control of communication and censorship is a bad thing. Dummies.

gandlaf21 🛡️ 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

probably both

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

↩ replying to gandlaf21

I don’t understand all of the Elon hate to be honest.

gandlaf21 🛡️ 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

I don't hate him, but also don't see the need to put him on a pedestal. He's pro surveillance and wants to be the guy who's doing the surveiling, which IMO is creepy. Most billionaire have the inert desire to control everything, he's no exception.

npub1t04c...53m9 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

He is such a phony, and a liar, and hypocrite

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1t04c...53m9

So are a lot of other rich people. Can you admit he’s doing some good as well?

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

↩ replying to gandlaf21

I agree with that. In my opinion on him and most people with power is clap for when they do good and hold their feet to the fire when they don’t. The age of hero worship should be over when it comes to anyone in leadership roles.

npub1t04c...53m9 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

Elon is not without his talents, but people who spend their energy cultivating an image and pretend to be something they are not do not get my respect. Seems more efficient to be authentic. This is my personal opinion.

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1t04c...53m9

That’s fair.

npub1fmyl...6pv9 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

You know he pretended to be a top video game player until it came out that he knew nothing about the game and paid someone to play for him

Mr Meadow 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1fmyl...6pv9

Yea that’s pretty embarrassing but imagine someone with deep insecurities that has all of the resources in the world. Then that kind of scenario makes more sense.

npub1fmyl...6pv9 8 months ago

↩ replying to Mr Meadow

Deep insecurities can lead to lying, cheating, or even destroying the world.

BitcoinIsFuture 8 months ago

Shadowbanning. All centralized systems are not free.

BitcoinIsFuture

Rant. I have been locked out from X for more than 15 times. After my 3rd X / Twitter lock I discovered Nostr and created my keys. After the 4th X / Twitter lock I stared using Nostr regularly. Now I am locked out from X again but this time X use the fucking CloudFlare captcha which blocks VPN users. I use VPN when I use X to protect my privacy. There is no way in hell I give up my privacy. Fuck X and fuck CloudFlare. Long Live Nostr. Long Live Bitcoin. Long Live Freedom, Privacy, Sovereignty.

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npub1zhcz...gdq0 8 months ago

this is, in fact, the way "engagement" actually works on the app formerly known as Twitter.

npub1vz03...ttwj

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

Graphs from this story are stark.

Link:

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

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YODL 🛡️ 8 months ago

It's been educational to watch the sucking up to Elon on that platform

npub1t04c...53m9 8 months ago

↩ replying to YODL

Seems like saylor is a protected class on twitter too. Dare criticize "gigachad"? Shadowban

YODL 🛡️ 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1t04c...53m9

Oh really? I believe it. A lot of people I see when I check have wild view count to follower numbers. Maybe a lot of bull market bitcoiners kinda left, but seems more like throttling there too.

Matt 🛡️ 8 months ago

They probably have a custom app with a "Reduce Reach" profile button just for him lol

Abstract Equilibrium 🛡️ 8 months ago

↩ replying to Matt

He just makes himself the most popular account, then the algorithm runs with his "user interactions" like blocking this person. "Trust me bro, his account is totally organically the most popular in the world!"

npub1esmg...mswf 8 months ago

Curious as to how much of this is Grok traction vs just X use

npub1dja4...ycku 8 months ago

The good thing about #Nostr is that everyone is effectively shadowbanned because the userbase is so small. 😏😂🤙

npub1t239...8j4j 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1dja4...ycku

My particular critique, just the way I use X is as a reply guy, I never expected feedback from the person I was commenting on, but would expect fellow reply guys to reply to me occasionally. Now that never happens.

npub1dja4...ycku 8 months ago

↩ replying to npub1t239...8j4j

I keep X for one single feed that I curated over the span of years, but it's completely useless to me other than that one feed. 🤷‍♂️ The platform has become a cesspool & I am now #Nostr exclusive when it comes to posting. 🤙