On the one hand, it's dumb to let bots vote in your policy polls, so trying to filter them out makes perfect sense. On the other hand, it also seems dumb to not let potential customers vote - these are the people you're trying to get $8 from, shouldn't you want to know what they want? On the third hand, making policy decisions based on Twitter polls is dumb from the get-go.
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#12Grabbing some more popcorn - Elon is not some savant it seems - he seems rather terrible at this social media CEO gig.
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#13On the one hand, it's dumb to let bots vote in your policy polls, so trying to filter them out makes perfect sense. On the other hand, it also seems dumb to not let potential customers vote - these are the people you're trying to get $8 from, shouldn't you want to know what they want? On the third hand, making policy decisions based on Twitter polls is dumb from the get-go.
Running a business is not a democracy - dumbest idea ever.
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#14Perhaps the result wasn't the one he hoped for?
I'm not sure about that. He also had the "be careful what you wish for" tweet, which indicates he had something in mind if the vote was to step down. Also, I can't imagine he planned to put so much energy into this one part of his empire forever.
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#15On the one hand, it's dumb to let bots vote in your policy polls, so trying to filter them out makes perfect sense. On the other hand, it also seems dumb to not let potential customers vote - these are the people you're trying to get $8 from, shouldn't you want to know what they want? On the third hand, making policy decisions based on Twitter polls is dumb from the get-go.
Running a business is not a democracy - dumbest idea ever.
He'll ignore decisions he doesn't agree with, so it's only a pretend democracy.
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#16Makes sense if you vote Twitter as a private business (which it is). Prioritize the needs of paying customers who have skin in the game. Like any business would.
On the other hand, it makes less sense if you view Twitter as a public utility (which it is not).
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#17Not sure the best idea, but it's the same in the stock market - only shareholders can vote.
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#18So, at first, Elon Musk declared that the "current lords & peasants system" is bad. Now, he's implementing a system where it's Lord Elon, his $8 Vassals, and the rest of the unwashed Peasants cannot speak. He seems rather unclear on concepts of equality and free speech . . .
He had a good idea before the acquisition which was “authenticate all real humans”. Seems like that’d solve many issues on the platform, but imagine it’d be expensive to implement.
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#19In theory, (most) botnet operators can’t afford $8/month/bot; so this seems like a reasonable strategy from that point of view
In theory, yes, but it's known that these gangs who do platform manipulation somehow acquire SIM cards in bulk to register accounts en masse. And that costs money.
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#20In theory, (most) botnet operators can’t afford $8/month/bot; so this seems like a reasonable strategy from that point of view
The last vote had 17 mil votes. If I were Russia or China, I would gladly pay 150 mil if I could steer Twitter into a direction I want.