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It's a social experiment about [variable] universal basic income

Can you expand on this? I'm not tracking.

They have those payouts for check marks? A lot of people post click bait for views to bring in small amounts of money, usually from a poorer country I think

Verified profiles get money based on engagement rate of their posts, only from other verified profiles; I don't think I need to tell you the quality of said posts, AI slop included.

They are literally getting money (not making) without producing anything and that aligns with Elon's world view of a jobless civilization driven by AI and robots.

Are they not producing anything? I agree that I place no value on slop, but my grandparents sure do.

Maybe what they're producing is net negative value at the societal level, but (unfortunately?) they're not producing nothing.

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