I wonder what guarantee Twitter is offering that they won't just cancel or change the terms of the API program again with only a few days' notice.
"Trust us, bro"
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>What are his viewpoints Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc. >how are they amplified considering anybody can post anything? Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has systemically prioritized his tweets over organic content.
> Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has systemically prioritized his tweets over organic content. I'd be interested in any sort of proof. > Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc. Please show specific examples of his far-right views, so I can understand what specifically you mean by that term other than things you personally find disagreeable.
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#143I'm not the greatest Musk fan but IMHO his approach to charge those who benefits from Twitter is spot on and I'm actually rooting for him to be able to find a viable business model which does not rely on selling my attention to highest bidder. If you are going to influence people, pay for the reach and If you are going to mine data, pay for the data. I guess the exact pricing can be adjusted according to the market n…
Academics don't resell the data to others. In fact, their existing agreements with Twitter requires their published datasets (for reproducibility) to be anonymized precisely to ensure they don't become a commercial goldmine. Given that most of the article is about the pricing tiers for academic use, based on marketing communications to universities, your comment seems strangely indifferent to the context of this news…
Except if I want to buy some piece of academic research, they sell articles for as high at $60. Why aren’t academics complaining about the absurd costs for the public accessing their information?
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#144All of these moves make sense when you zoom out and realize Musk has no interest in Twitter as a business. It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints. Having third party API consumers able to pull in content and reorder it other than how he wants it presented is counter to that goal. The genius of Fox News was "why spend money on buying political attack ads when you can just…
"All of these moves make sense when you zoom out and realize Musk has no interest in Twitter as a business. It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints. Having third party API consumers able to pull in content and reorder it other than how he wants it presented is counter to that goal."
I don't remember being a highly profitable venture before, so what was the previous owners intentions with owning the business but not caring if it generated a reasonable return?
What propaganda were they spewing?
Re: Twitter’s $42k-per-month API prices out nearly everyone
#145All of these moves make sense when you zoom out and realize Musk has no interest in Twitter as a business. It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints. Having third party API consumers able to pull in content and reorder it other than how he wants it presented is counter to that goal. The genius of Fox News was "why spend money on buying political attack ads when you can just…
Also consistent with his stated goal of making the business profitable.
I’m not sure saddling twitter with more debt does that.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has systemically prioritized his tweets over organic content. I'd be interested in any sort of proof. > Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc. Please show specific examples of his far-right views, so I can understand what specifically you mean by that term other than things you personally find disagreeable.
> I'd be interested in any sort of proof. Have you been paying attention? https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets... "This story is based on interviews with people familiar with the events involved and supported by documents obtained by Platformer."
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are his viewpoints and how are they amplified considering anybody can post anything?
>What are his viewpoints and how are they amplified considering anybody can post anything? It's more complicated than just the ability to post. Never discount the power of the algorithm. And that can be tinkered with: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/musk-forc...
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#148All of these moves make sense when you zoom out and realize Musk has no interest in Twitter as a business. It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints. Having third party API consumers able to pull in content and reorder it other than how he wants it presented is counter to that goal. The genius of Fox News was "why spend money on buying political attack ads when you can just…
"All of these moves make sense when you zoom out and realize Musk has no interest in Twitter as a business. It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints. Having third party API consumers able to pull in content and reorder it other than how he wants it presented is counter to that goal." I don't remember being a highly profitable venture before, so what was the previous owners…
> I don’t remember being a highly profitable venture before
It was profitable on an ongoing basis (the most recent reported period had a one-time charge that made it unprofitable, IIRC) though not “highly profitable”. Since the Musk takeover was announced – leading to forward advertising sales drying up even before it was consummated – its been (by Musk’s own description, including as to the timing, though he places the blame elsewhere) hurtling toward bankruptcy.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I'd be interested in any sort of proof. Have you been paying attention? https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets... "This story is based on interviews with people familiar with the events involved and supported by documents obtained by Platformer."
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This is such a classic "just asking questions" move. You could save a lot of time in your day if you concern trolled a little less.
In any case, you sure did a lot of creative reading to avoid reading this sentence:
The algorithm now artificially boosted Musk’s tweets by a factor of 1,000 – a constant score that ensured his tweets rank higher than anyone else’s in the feed.
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#150I'm not the greatest Musk fan but IMHO his approach to charge those who benefits from Twitter is spot on and I'm actually rooting for him to be able to find a viable business model which does not rely on selling my attention to highest bidder. If you are going to influence people, pay for the reach and If you are going to mine data, pay for the data. I guess the exact pricing can be adjusted according to the market n…
Who makes money off twitter?
Maybe a few apps, but Twitter seems to rather they not exist.
Anyone else really make any money?
Twitter is a weird place, I’m not sure how to make money off of it, or who does that’s would care to pay enough for the service?