breaks my heart seeing andreas kling become a full on techbro
@prefetcher okay, what drama am I missing out on rn
@nullenvk not much, he just gave up on serenityos, VC funded his own web browser with a ex-github techbro and is now spouting faux-intelligent shit on his ~~Twitter~~ X:tm: account
@nullenvk i mean ffs mate
@prefetcher @nullenvk what is with people wanting to be armchair philosophers on the internet
@mikoto @nullenvk that's the techbro effect of having money and power, they pretend like their opinions are worth more than a dog's arse

everyone wants to be Naval 2.0 and feel that they're worth following for that sweet sweet X Premium payout

@prefetcher @mikoto @nullenvk these days when i see a "my advice to X" type post and some grandstanding grind culture shit I just assume alt-right bullshit by default

i initially couldn't believe the ponzi premium payout thing is motivating people to post engagement bait that hard but i've seen youtubers mention it actually helps pay the bills for them at this point which is fucked up

@Difegue @mikoto @nullenvk it's honestly just a fucking scam, the avg payout for "X Premium" from what I've seen people post is like less than $100, and you have to actually grind the worst fucking possible engagement bait to even have the chance of getting your $30

this legit just made bot posts and actual human posts just completely indistinguishable from each other
@Difegue @mikoto @nullenvk doesn't help that most of the people that even go for that are just alt-rightoids
@prefetcher @Difegue @nullenvk honestly wonder how much of those posts are LLM generated, wouldn't surprise me if those make up the majority

@prefetcher @mikoto @nullenvk well even $30 can be a shitload of money for third-world countries, which i'm imagining is where all the bait and botposting comes from

i'm guessing the bait gets a bonus algo boost if it's alt-right shit too, since the entire platform is basically engineered to rig the election at this point