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(article is 1 day old so not exactly breaking news) With Twitter's value tanking, the business is pivoting to video

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds to me like he realized that Fox viewers aren’t opening a browser to watch Tuck. Ah well, cry me a river.

Edit: fixed typo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... but... like... think of the flooding. and all that salt... it'll ruin ecosystems...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Damn. Wish we had awards here. You made me irl chuckle.

[–] GlitzyArmrest 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry, but a pivot to video isn't going to save Twitter. Especially since they shitcanned Vine and let TikTok take all of the market share.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's trying to prop up people like Tucker Carlson, hell I wouldn't be surprised if he's the sole reason why this is happening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That really is the most nonsensical thing about this to me: Musk supporting Carlson so much.

Why is Musk going so far out of his way and spending so much money when Carlson himself is a billionaire and the inheritor of the Swanson frozen food fortune? Carlson could easily do things solo - of all people, why is Musk trying to pivot so hard into him?

Maybe it really is ideological and he just drink the FlavorAid?

Just seems so strange.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd 2 points 1 year ago

Billionaires buy media platforms to influence the public, not to make money. The audience Musk can influence is the same audience that watched Tucker. If he is the one paying Tucker, he gets to influence what Tucker says, just like when he was at Fox News.

It makes perfect sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think its both. Carlson has a certain kind of cash cow viewerbase that isn't really good with technology so Musk is trying to pivot into that as a base for steady cash flow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That viewer base is getting poorer (medical debt) and deader (failing to pay medical debt). I wouldn't bet the farm on their continued support.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Good luck with that. It's just as smart as the rest of his decisions with Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

There’s already one on Apple TV but it hasn’t been updated since 2018

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pivot to video, eh? Smells like Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably more like tiktok.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah never used either myself and don't care to. Doesn't surprise me a bit FB/Meta lied and tried to cook the numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is it going to be different than Vine?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It'll be poison ivy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Vine was at least good. Twitter is no longer making waves by being fun, so I doubt it'll draw in the fresh and creative types.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When you're so desperate you're creating a product that you need to do well for your company to stay afloat, not one the market has decided it wants.

I'm sure it'll go great...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

With what devs? This is going to come out as a half finished buggy mess

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This is actually a good idea. Too late for me though. No going back

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m late to the Twitter party, but It doesn’t seem so bad to me? I know I’m supposed to hate it, but I don’t know why.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you like lots of nazi content? Do you like lots of redpill manosphere content? do you like right wing conspiracy theories? Do you like white supremacists in your feed? If so twitter is just fine for you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sounds entertaining, until you realize these people vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately that's true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven’t seen any of these things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are you sure you are looking at twitter? That's like 70% of twitter now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

There is a long and sordid history...all you really need to know is Elon is a sad cryptofascist and most people on there are THE WORST

[–] SomeoneElse 0 points 1 year ago

With no moderators it’s just going to be alt right crap and porn.

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