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,…::undefined

  • alienanimals@lemmy.world
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    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.

    • HellAwaits@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      He doesn’t care, yet he’s suing an organization for reporting news on content on his website.

      I think you need to check your facts.

      • keefshape@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Your example fits into the ‘any publicity is good publicity’ mindset too, fyi.