• @notannpc@lemmy.world
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    42 hours ago

    Gotta launder that Russian money somehow. Now they can pay him more without having to make as many accounts.

  • katy ✨
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    155 hours ago

    do third party twitter developers even exist anymore?

    • Brewchin
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      32 hours ago

      I assume all the bot farms are paying for the privilege.

  • @Rob200
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    65 hours ago

    Can’t see how many one is surprised, that a capitalist company Reddit did this api fee, now x is doing it. Capitalist see, capitalist do.

  • Nougat
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    368 hours ago

    Didn’t Reddit do exactly this? Isn’t that why I’m here?

  • @emax_gomax@lemmy.world
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    4312 hours ago

    It’s a weird decision to further monetize access to a platform that’s hemorrhaging users and engagement.

    • @yildolw@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Maybe it’s a way to launder dirty money or take bribes, the way solid booking a floor at the Trump Tower for a few months is a way to launder money.

    • katy ✨
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      35 hours ago

      i mean hemorrhaging users and engagement is why they’re trying to monetize whatever they can

    • SharkAttak
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      66 hours ago

      It’s weird to you cause you’re not a mega-brain CEO… if revenue drops, you raise the prices, obviously.

    • @misk@sopuli.xyz
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      1911 hours ago

      You don’t get it. Because there’s less and less they need to squeeze them even further!

      🧠🧠🧠

  • @db2@lemmy.world
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    3912 hours ago

    And next week he’ll xeet about suing the developers who leave even though it makes no sense.

    • Diplomjodler
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      2411 hours ago

      Xitter has served its purpose. After the election he’ll probably ditch it.

      • @Tyfud@lemmy.world
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        58 hours ago

        Yup. It was bought as a tool to disrupt the next election. In that respect, it’s a hell of a good buy.

  • umami_wasabi
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    10 hours ago

    This would have sounding effects on researchers, like mis- and dis-information, as most are still spread there, where they use API to aggregate and analyze tweets (or whatever it is called now).