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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,... (www.washingtonpost.com)
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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

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[–] dub 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] alienanimals 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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