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,...

L4sBot · 2 years ago

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,...

dub · 2 years ago

While I agree, it’s good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It’s not like it’s positive for him

@alienanimals@lemmy.world · 2 years 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.

Lightor · edit-2 2 years ago

This is %100 wrong when your main source of revenue is advertising. Advertisers very much care about bad press.

Edit: How relevant - https://lemmy.world/post/3325197

@HellAwaits@lemm.ee · 2 years 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 · 2 years ago

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