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Tangentially related but I recently signed up for a Twitter account post Elon acquisition and the last step of the process requires you to follow one account to start using the site, the first option is Elon Musk and everything else is random based on your selected interests. Are any numbers on this site not juiced at this point?


I get his account in my feed daily despite selecting "Not interested" each time.


Yeah, this is reportedly a measure they put in place after he bought the company because he was unhappy with engagement on his posts. It doesn't exclusively boost him AFAIK.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-...

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659842/twitter-boost-el...


MySpace did it first.


True, & tom made the first move ;) we didn't have to add him




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