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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by wyclif on Friday March 28, 2025 @11:59PM (#43512607)
Every social media platform is, to some degree, an echo chamber. See Bluesky or Mastodon.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by bdangubic on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:29AM (#43513019)
neither is owned by a man deciding who can say what on the platform :)
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by squarefoot on Saturday March 29, 2025 @04:08AM (#43513700)
And forces his posts also on people not wanting to follow him.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by motorest on Saturday March 29, 2025 @09:07AM (#43515225)
And whines/threats competing social networks when users post content critical of him and organize themselves to not share Twitter links.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by ck2 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @02:03PM (#43517328)
No other platform looks this bad

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:y5xyloy...

Where are the advertising dollars coming from on that horror show

Certainly not $45 BILLION of income over even a century

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by bdangubic on Saturday March 29, 2025 @04:27PM (#43518439)
the one way you can look at $45bn is ability to buy election(s). as long as there are enough sheep orbiting that platform the value is there - in buying election(s)
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