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janalsncm 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Manufactured consensus on x.com

Jake Paul is a social influencer. His posts show up from organic engagement.

Elon Musk owns the platform. He directly dictates how it works. He ordered engineers to boost his posts by a factor of 1000.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets...

Whether some people like EM’s posts is beside the point. It’s manufactured.

derektank 52 days ago [–]

Elon Musk had 85 million followers in 2022[1] before he acquired Twitter. He obviously has some organic engagement / grassroots appeal, separate from whatever benefits he derives from owning the platform.

[1] https://www.britannica.com/money/Elon-Musk

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