[Liam-]

He doesn’t want to pay his bill to Google for using their servers that allow users to see however many tweets they want, it’s all about greed.

This whole venture has proved what people have said about Elon for the longest time, he’s not a businessman, he’s an investor, he has no idea how to run a business like twitter successfully

[James]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's apparently an attempt to stop ai systems data scraping. They basically want them to pay for any data taken from twitter. A lot of other companies are restricting access for the same reason

There was a bot hammering this site for requests (like 90% of all requests) recently. I blocked it.

One thing Twitter did recently is that they put the API that would allow for more efficient scraping behind an expensive paywall. Now they have to access the full site which increases load.

[Crimson Dynamo]

[James]

It's probably a combination of not paying a server bill, and an increase in automated requests recently to train AI models.

[bots]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

it's an interesting take on things. I would rather classify it as mass manipulation and will be used by all big business

[arista]

[arista]

Yes Elon
its a Mega Money Earner
you need some slick staff
to help you.

[arista]

[bots]

Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an "X".

However, Mr Musk also has a history of making statements that fail to happen or are not serious.

Mr Musk, who has changed the name of the business to X Corp, said the replacement "should have been done a long time ago".

According to reports, the billionaire wants to create a "super app" called "X" which is similar to China's WeChat.

He said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."

He then added: "If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we'll make [it] go live worldwide tomorrow."

Musk posted an image of a flickering "X" on Twitter, and later in a Twitter Spaces audio chat, replied "Yes" when asked if the Twitter logo will change, adding that "it should have been done a long time ago".

For some people in Asia, super-apps including India's PayTM and Indonesia's GoJek have been a vital part of everyday lives for the past few years.

The apps let users pay for services through a finance system.

WeChat is a messaging and social media platform that has evolved into one of the region's biggest apps in terms of its range of services and number of users.

Last year, it was estimated to have 1.29 billion users in China alone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66284304

[bots]

the new logo for X

[arista]

[arista]

Due to change today to the X

[Crimson Dynamo]

[arista]

From :
https://twitter.com/Nameitwhat/statu...33680364765185

[arista]

We are Now X

[bots]

Originally Posted by arista

From :
https://twitter.com/Nameitwhat/statu...33680364765185

is that a large set of testicles and a small dick at the top of the logo

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

is that a large set of testicles and a small dick at the top of the logo

Yes Terrible

[arista]

[bots]

in normal circumstances, i would say it will never take off, but who knows

He wants it to be a 1 stop portal for everything. Maybe there is an appetite for that across the world, but my philosophy has always been .... never put all your eggs in 1 basket

[arista]

[arista]

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by arista

Not very original is it.

There is already a Radio X.





I'd expect more from a billionaire. I wonder how much bonus money the 'bright spark' got who 'invented' the X. Probably hundreds of thousands.

[arista]

"Not very original is it."


Look when he was much younger
in 1999




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...blue-bird.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

X is way way better than the awful threads

[user104658]

It's all a bit reddity/incelly isn't it. But Musk does have that vibe so not massively surprising.