EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk has used Twitter polls to justify moves such as reinstating Trump’s account, but employees tell Rolling Stone the social network’s surveys are magnets for bots. They’re literally designed to be spammed and gamed.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-polls-are-bot-driven-bullsht-1234639288/
Elon Musk's Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven B.S., Ex-Employees Say
“Polls are more prone to manipulation than almost anything else [on Twitter]. It’s interesting, given his [Musk’s] use of polls,” Yoel Roth, the company’s former Head of Trust and Safety says…
@RollingStone someone should set up a boring poll on a Twitter user account with no followers, and buy some bots to prove how these polls can be easily manipulated:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-polls-are-bot-driven-bullsht-1234639288/
#twitterpolls @glynmoody @yamthief
Elon Musk's Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven B.S., Ex-Employees Say
“Polls are more prone to manipulation than almost anything else [on Twitter]. It’s interesting, given his [Musk’s] use of polls,” Yoel Roth, the company’s former Head of Trust and Safety says…
@laserfox @RollingStone @yamthief I think everyone already knows this...
@glynmoody @RollingStone @yamthief we all suspect it is true. I hope someone (maybe a journalist) would prove it and publish the results.
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