Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes
www.washingtonpost.com
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

  • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    2 years ago

    I’m sorry but which developer implements such dark patterns? I mean you have something called work ethic, you don’t implement shit like that…

  • joshuaacasey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 years ago

    Saw someone else make a good point. I hope all these people that shouted about supporting net neutrality back in the day will make noise about how anti net neutrality this is. (I doubt it, but it’d be nice)

  • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    2 years ago

    There’s Elon Musk spam on this community every day. Can we stop doing the billionaire’s PR for him?

    Downvote this garbage.

    • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 years ago

      If 1/2 the clowns that endlessly post anti-Twitter/anti-Musk stories would just STOP USING TWITTER, the entire site would collapse. Sick of seeing that asswipe’s name, but I’m not on his goddamn platform. I don’t drive his shitty cars. I won’t fawn over every goddamn thing he does.

      How much of an absolute douche do you have to be to make Zuck look good in comparison?!

      You claim you hate the guy, but the fact that you have a Twitter account proves that was a lie.

    • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 years ago

      While I agree, it’s good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It’s not like it’s positive for him

      • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Musk operates on the “There is no such thing as bad publicity model”. He doesn’t care if the news is bad or good so long as his name / businesses are in the 24-hour news cycle. It’s stupid, but he gets idiots to bring him more attention.

  • aragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if anyone’s image has crashed from such highs to such pathetic lows. At the end of the day, it was all PR but he still had the admiration of many people just a few years back i.e before the Thai submarine fiasco. Now most people consider him a petulant child man with a massive fortune. The only good outcome of this fall has been a clear understanding that earning wealth is purely based on luck. It doesnt matter if it is millions or billions ,nothing comes due to our own genius. It is a combination of factors that result in wealth but it is mostly determined at your birth. May be this episode will humble others who might have taken a similar path due to their inexplicable wealth.

  • markr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    This is a person who’s mission, every day, is how to make the world shittier for everyone. He asks himself, over his breakfast of Cap’n Crunch and a juice box, ‘how can I fuck things up today?’