to whom does it matter? It's just a number. it doesn't control revenue, according to twitter.
X (fka Twitter)
It would mean everything to advertisers. If Twitter is telling them a million people see their ads when they advertise on X celebrity's page or really any page, they expect that number to be accurate. If your actual audience is far less than what you are claiming, that could be fraud.
Nielsen ratings are public knowledge. I fully expect we're going to see Google analytic numbers become the same way.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Yeah, that's a crock of shit and makes my point as to why any revelation about their bot numbers being much higher would be incredibly damaging. This is why it was such an important number for Elon.
They're telling advertisers and other investors that the amount of bots are <5% and when they sell ads and whatnot that number is key. Nobody sells based on clickthroughs because that would be monumentally stupid. Imagine a TV station basing ad rates on how many people actually call a number in an ad. Selling based on clickthroughs would put the platform at the mercy of the advertiser and its content/campaign. That makes zero sense.
Thus, they are telling advertisers that <5% of all the accounts that see their ads are bots. That's how they calculate their rates. If the number of bots were actually 30% or even 10%, it would dramatically affect their advertising rates.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
And was my initial reaction as well. "Now their bot info will be disclosed in court, and share price will drop?"
If it happens a dollar says they'll submit the information as "trade secrets" or whatever and not be publicly disclosed.
If it happens a dollar says they'll submit the information as "trade secrets" or whatever and not be publicly disclosed.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Musk: Give me all the infoLeisher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:04 pm Elon's response to Twitter's lawsuit implies exactly what I'm saying.
Twitter: OK, here
Musk: They didn't give me the info!
Duh. That's logic 101.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Not really true.
His stance is that they are lying and he's got numbers to prove it. (Now whether or not that's true, we'll find out in court.)
If he is correct, this lawsuit is going to severely damage Twitter. He'll be able to walk, their stock will tank, and advertisers are going to demand to pay a lot less money. Even if their numbers are not disclosed in court, if Elon wins he'll probably blab about being right. That will be enough to tell the world that Twitter's numbers are lies.
If he is wrong, he's going to own it anyway or be out a fuckton of cash.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
If Twitter is profitable, and Musk can afford it, he'd want to buy it if he saw a return on investment.
If he thinks they're shady and full of shit, he'd pull out in the face of a billion dollar penalty and say, "See you in court, chumps."
It seems to be playing out one of those two ways.
If he thinks they're shady and full of shit, he'd pull out in the face of a billion dollar penalty and say, "See you in court, chumps."
It seems to be playing out one of those two ways.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
This is Twitter's lawyer:
One could argue that this stance seemingly confirms Musk might be right, but perhaps it doesn't matter.
So apparently their stance is not going to be arguing their bot claims, but rather the deal Musk agreed to said nothing about what percentage of users are bots?But Savitt said that determining the percentage of spam accounts is not necessary in this case, since “nothing in the merger agreement turns on that question.”
One could argue that this stance seemingly confirms Musk might be right, but perhaps it doesn't matter.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
According to twitter? Did they investigate themselves and found themselves innocent of the charges?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Anyone else think it's been fun to watch left wing Twitter melt down when Elon announced he was buying it, try everything to prevent it from happening, and now want him to be forced to buy it?
It must be a terrible life to be that full of hate.
...or the ones rooting for it are bots.
It must be a terrible life to be that full of hate.
...or the ones rooting for it are bots.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
The cognitive dissonance has been astounding to watch.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."