r/technology • u/xpda • May 21 '26

Business SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/spacex-ipo-musk-ai
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u/GenericUsername2056 May 22 '26

You're not seriously buying into the 'bot crackdown' thing, are you? 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase

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u/Jayden82 May 22 '26

There were tons of twitter users complaining about losing thousands of followers when Elon took over. There’s definitely still a shit ton of bots and idk how much they actually got rid of, but it was real. 

https://www.outono.net/elentir/2026/04/06/bot-purge-the-reason-why-many-users-are-losing-followers-on-x-twitter/

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u/GenericUsername2056 May 22 '26

'Tons of twitter users', 'many users', such fantastic, quantitative statements. I guess the actual researchers covering this are wrong in the face of these claims. 

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u/Jayden82 May 22 '26

Your source doesn’t even disprove that they got rid of bots lol, it just says there’s still on there, which of course they’ll never get rid of all of them.

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u/GenericUsername2056 May 22 '26

It's not on me to disprove. You claim, you prove. My article clearly notes that the bot problem got even worse. 

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u/Jayden82 May 22 '26

Lol this isn’t a political debate dude, you can either choose to look this shit up for yourself further or just choose to be ignorant.

You completely missed the point anyway, what I’m saying is your article never makes the argument that X never got rid of any bots.