Elon Musk appears to be serious about handling his newly owned company, Twitter. Musk suggested that he is looking into the many issues plaguing the platform. This comes after conservatives like Dave Rubin on the platform requested him to look into accounts that have phony power by purchasing followers.
Following a series of tweets from Musk indicating that he was looking into Twitter issues. Musk, Twitter’s new owner responded on Wednesday to conservative personality, Dave Rubin’s request that he look into some accounts. Accounts include big names like Forbes, The New York Times, etc. This is because such accounts are seen as receiving low engagement in relation to their follower count. Rubin believes that some accounts have purchased followers rather than allowing their userbase to expand organically.
How Did Dave Rubin Reach Out To Elon Musk?
Hey @elonmusk, as long as your digging, check into how @nytimes @forbes etc., bought their Twitter followers to fake influence.
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) April 27, 2022
NY Times has 53 million “followers” and rarely gets 50 RT’s.
I could post a ???? emoji and a pic of a 80’s sitcom star and get more. (See next tweet.)
Rubin directly took Twitter to reach out to Elon Musk about the rise in fake influence by big brands. Dave Rubin in his next tweet explained that the New York Times has approximately 53 million followers but then the RTs that it receives is just 50! Dave Rubin further added that he could simply tweet a post with a banana and also a picture of a sitcom star from the 1980s and get plenty more RTs.
Rubin then followed up with a tweet that included a photo of Estelle Getty from The Golden Girls. Dave Rubin then labeled it with a banana emoji. By Wednesday afternoon, that tweet had received almost 40K likes. To these series of tweets, Elon replied that even have he has experienced it and he finds it quirky.
Musk Replied To The Sensational Tweet
Yeah, I noticed that too. Pretty weird.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2022
Following Musk’s response, a slew of Twitter blue-checks urged him to look into a variety of other accounts. Robby Starbuck, a conservative commentator, and congressional candidate tweeted Musk, saying that the same is true of the stars of numerous television news programs. Robby Starbuck thinks it’s all BS when it comes to following counts. Ahe Short, the senior editor of The Daily Wire tweeted to the thread that how some of these brands even buy writers so that they promote the brand’s influence amongst others and build an entire brand image.
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