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Destroyed the greatest social media platform ever created

posted 7 months ago by StealthCrasher (211)
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And I will never forgive him for it

[–] TMC-4 (20494) 3 months ago

A study found that X’s algorithm now loves two things: Republicans and Elon Musk

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24298669/musk-trump-endorsement-x-boosting-republican-posts-july-algorithm-change

https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/1gtluzq/a_study_found_that_xs_algorithm_now_loves_two/

[–] MiyagiDoMAGA (1670) 3 months ago

Now do bluesky

[–] TMC-4 (20494) 3 months ago

Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/x_marks_the_spot_for/

A pair of researchers say they've determined that July 13 was likely the day that X, formerly known as Twitter, made platform-level algorithm changes that increased the visibility of posts made by Elon Musk and Republican-leaning accounts in the run-up to the US election.

That date may stick out in the memory as when Elon Musk, now the owner of X, formally endorsed Donald Trump in the recent US presidential election.

[–] TMC-4 (20494) 2 months ago

In two years, X/Twitter's popularity rank has gone from #32 to #59 in internet connections (from DNS usage). A massive drop.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/1hqntbw/in_two_years_xtwitters_popularity_rank_has_gone/

Domain ranking is a measure of popularity deducted from DNS usage statistics. Every time you access X/Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc., you have to access a DNS service to convert a human readable name into the format (IP address) that the internet understands.

[–] TMC-4 (20494) 20 days ago

USA Today’s Nancy Armour urges sports world to avoid ‘toxic cesspool’ X

https://awfulannouncing.com/twitter/nancy-armour-avoid-toxic-cesspool-x-bluesky.html

"It ought to be a blaring warning to the NFL, NBA, college athletics, and all the other folks in the sports world who are ignoring the alternative..."