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Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,... (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[-] dub@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

While I agree, it's good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It's not like it's positive for him

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Musk operates on the "There is no such thing as bad publicity model". He doesn't care if the news is bad or good so long as his name / businesses are in the 24-hour news cycle. It's stupid, but he gets idiots to bring him more attention.

[-] Lightor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is %100 wrong when your main source of revenue is advertising. Advertisers very much care about bad press.

Edit: How relevant - https://lemmy.world/post/3325197

this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023

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