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Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value (fortune.com)
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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 116 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (17 children)

Lol, twitter was brilliant when it was 144 character text messages. Then it got ruined by adding photos. Now it is going the rest of the way down the tubes by becoming becoming video first. Ugh.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

And with this brilliant move they are going to increase bandwidth and storage expenses. There’s a reason why it’s so hard to compete with YouTube.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What are "strange expenses"?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Typo. Was supposed to swipe “storage expenses”.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

swipe, huh?

Gotta proofread, man :)

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Can confirm. This is the way.

I keep on taking that lesson from time to time, but I still haven’t passed the final exam.

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