• factionparadoxes@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Another unsurprising shot in the foot for Twitter… certainly limiting how much users can engage with content/see sponsored posts will make more money!

    What on earth is this decision? Is there even one possible benefit for this, for anybody?

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      1 year ago

      These guys think the service they provide is so invaluable, so critical to the lives of their users, that they’re betting on those users’ willingness to shell out for the experience they’re accustomed to.

      It doesn’t seem like a winning strategy but he’s desperate to turn a profit off this thing and I don’t think the long term is much of a consideration right now.

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        1 year ago

        The really criminal thing about this is the for some users it is that critical.

        So not only are they vastly overestimating how critical their service is to the average costumer; they are also totally fucking over a minority of users for whom it is critical.

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      1 year ago

      When Elon shoots himself in the foot, I scream, “No, stupid! Aim higher! Hit a vital organ!”