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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Just 34 of these misleading posts received more than 37 million views, according to ISD. Many of the accounts posting the misinformation were also verified, meaning they have paid X $8 per month for the “blue tick” and that their content is amplified by the platform’s algorithm.

$8 for a million views is a pretty good deal. Ex-twitter is essentially now just a troll marketplace.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

People using Arma 3 again?

[–] Winter8593@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I don't use xitter

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I guarantee the same content was posted on the fediverse.

Not defending X, but going elsewhere won't protect us from disinformation and the open nature of this network means we have to be especially careful.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Yep, we can't build something better by ignoring the risks

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That’s kind of the point? People are taking stuff from other events and pretending it’s this one

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 points 1 year ago

First time I think I've seen an article that uses "X" exclusively for Twitter.