this isn't surprising. i'm pretty sure everyone knows they do this. and it's not unique to X / Twitter either.
social media platforms want to keep you on their website so they can increase their metrics for ad revenue
they don't care about you "reading the news"
social media platforms want to keep you on their website so they can increase their metrics for ad revenue
they don't care about you "reading the news"
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I just called him a bitch when he bragged about twitter working perfectly after firing most of his staff.
But yes. It’s the millennials’ fault he’s censoring accounts.
They’re all on the same side. And it isn’t ours.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence
It’s wild because twitter was one place we could go to find out what’s actually happening in the world. And they used to silence all of the voices who speak truth to power.
It's just brain dead, short term thinking. He thinks that by discouraging the display of posts with links he keeps people on Twitter as they won't have a chance to click away. However, annoying users is a negative experience & will drive folk off Twitter.