L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down154file-textcross-posted to: hakendran@feddit.deenoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1475arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hakendran@feddit.deenoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 year agoSo wait, he’s stooped to being a shitty copy of Steve “spez” Huffman?
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoIt’s the other way around. Spez is trying real hard to emulate the muskrat.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoNo, Spez used fake users to make Reddit seem bigger than it was back when it started. He discusses this in an online course. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThanks for sharing, it seems like a standard strategy for back in the day when you didn’t have all the metrics investors seem to want now.
So wait, he’s stooped to being a shitty copy of Steve “spez” Huffman?
It’s the other way around. Spez is trying real hard to emulate the muskrat.
No, Spez used fake users to make Reddit seem bigger than it was back when it started. He discusses this in an online course.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
Thanks for sharing, it seems like a standard strategy for back in the day when you didn’t have all the metrics investors seem to want now.