L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months 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 · 10 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hakendran@feddit.deenoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·10 months agoIt’s the other way around. Spez is trying real hard to emulate the muskrat.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 months 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-up5·10 months 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.
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.