Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes
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The delayed websites include X’s online rivals Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack as well as Reuters and the New York Times, all of which Musk previously has singled out for ridicule or attack.

Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,…::undefined

  • i_am_hungry@meganice.onlineEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Why are so many people still using Twitter, what will it take for people to leave? Musk could probably charge $10 per tweet and bunch of people would be fine with that.

    • DogsShouldRuleUs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      The same reason 2016 happened. Lots of mentally broken people in this country. Just watched a manager, old guy, at work, go off to another old co-worker about “did you hear about what they’re doing to skittles? With the fucking trans colors!?” knuckle dragging rabble rabble THEY WERE ALREADY A RAINBOW.

      • keefshape@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There are so many other valid arguements against skittles (my favorite candy). Idk whether to facepalm or guffaw that fucking skittles are now on the map to fight against.

    • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyzEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Honestly with how fast threads, brand new, was able to jump into this compared to the growth of mastodon, I’m convinced the only thing that can convince most people to stop using a corperate bloated social media site from hell is a new, slightly less bloated (so far) corperate social media site from hell.

      Twitter won’t die all the way until we have something else we want to die

      • pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        People will never accept that part of the problem is themselves.

        Hell, even I still use Twitter sometimes. I admit I am part of the problem. Other people won’t at least try to be honest about it.

        Then they complain. That just shows that they’re not actually upset at the existence of sites like Twitter, they’re just upset they’re not the ones running them.

        The vast majority of human beings in this country are so toxic.

    • WoahWoah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Considering the company is now, according to the CEO, close to break-even and slowly beginning to bring back advertisers and anticipating profitability in Q1 '24, I think they’re going to be around for a while longer.

      Beyond that element, I believe that Musk wants control of the company at least until/through the next presidential election, so X/Twitter probably isn’t going anywhere in the near future.

      As far as people not using it, I think those that were going to leave have left already, so I don’t anticipate a huge exodus.