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Comment by Rastonbury | Hacker News Reader

As much as I hate Meta, it feels like the lesser of two evils. Elon has already brainwashed tesla fanbois and is likely going to use Twitter to further his own agenda political or monetary. He has already silenced critics there.

Meta is in the crosshairs of regulators after Cambridge Analytica.

Twitter is dead anyway, account walling tweets, decreased moderation and rate limits. It's all worse for any advertiser who has stuck with them post-Elon

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> Meta is in the crosshairs of regulators after Cambridge Analytica.

I'll believe it when I see some actual results. With the kind of money and influence that Facebook has, the wrist slaps they get are just BAU.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/07/...

How is it dead when it has more usage than at any time in history (if you believe musk)?

Sure it's worse for advertisers but is that really what we base success on?

> if you believe musk

Ah, well, that's the rub, isn't it?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36658486

Reverse network effects from an exodus is how social networks die, when all your friends and influencers leave to Threads/Bluesky you'll leave. Elon get less revenue from less users, cuts even more, worsening the product, fueling the exodus. Vicious cycle all the way down. After trying his hand a influencing politics, he'll get tired of the money pit and offload it at a loss or straight up shut it down.

If twitter gets him political wins then that'd be a success, but there are other billionaires out there getting their way politically without burning $50bn or the public scrutiny.

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