Scott ShapiroNov 21, 2022
So comical when people on Twitter saying “Don’t leave—We need to fight and win the war.” Dude, you’re just tweeting ffs.
Show threadPwnallthethingsNov 21, 2022
@scottjshapiro Yup. You're "fighting" against someone who doesn't care what you think and literally earns money from you doing it. The winning move is to, well, move
Show threadDavid
@Pwnallthethings @scottjshapiro But Elmo doesn’t make money from more users tweeting. Twitter makes money from advertisers, who are leaving Twitter because of the tweets. That’s his entire problem in a nutshell.
Nov 21, 2022 at 2:29pmWeb
Show threadJay CheroskeNov 21, 2022
@david1 @scottjshapiro @Pwnallthethings He does make money from users tweeting because those are the numbers that determine the value of the advertising slots. The more activity on the site, the more valuable those slots become. Twitter is an engine that turns engagement into money. To them, any engagement is good, even if it's toxic and traumatizing. There is an inherent conflict of interest between the users and owners on that site. Contrast that with this network. Hate speech, useless trolling, toxic content, etc all costs the server operators money in increased storage, network, and CPU requirements. They are financially incentivized to eliminate all that nonsense.
Show threadMotorcitydave Nov 21, 2022
@david1 @Pwnallthethings @scottjshapiro They DO make money from user data, which they sell to corporations. Every interaction (likes, follows, retweets), every location tracked, just adds to their warehouse of user data.