Conversation

Notices

1. PCMag (pcmag@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 23:46:42 JST PCMag

   Elon Musk's X platform, formerly known as Twitter, is "definitely" going to remove the number of "likes" and retweets from feeds, the executive said Wednesday night. https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-remove-retweet-like-counts-from-feeds

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 23:46:42 JST Eugen Rochko

     in reply to

     @PCMag Because the numbers are so bad?

   • Bret Carmichael (bretcarmichael@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 00:07:18 JST Bret Carmichael

     in reply to

     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @PCMag My guess is inauthentic behavior; that lots of likes and retweets are the product of bots. Twitter can obfuscate the bot problem by prioritizing views to create the illusion of authentic impressions.

   • drathir (drathir@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 00:16:46 JST drathir

     in reply to

     • Eugen Rochko

     @PCMag @Gargron also increased users stats over mastodon perfectly and clearly shows feedback over annoucement...