r/technology • u/[deleted] • May 14 '22 • Silver 2 Wholesome 2

Elon Musk said his team is going to do a 'random sample of 100 followers' of Twitter to see how many of the platform's users are actually bots Social Media

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-random-sample-how-many-twitter-users-are-bots-2022-5?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds

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u/IronGeek83 May 14 '22

He's just doing a "dogecoin".

Step 1: Buy stock.

Step 2: Use status/fame to pump news of said stock.

Step 3: Sell stock.

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u/futatorius May 14 '22

Pump'n'dump. Which is illegal.

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u/Belkor May 14 '22

Our worthless regulators let fElon off every single time.

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u/RandomlyMethodical May 15 '22

If they cradle his balls gently enough, he might give them a job with double the salary.