Just like Security can’t stop every spam email, Twitter can’t stop every falsehood on its service. Both should try, though. Twitter has metrics and can put a stop to trending tweets that are clearly disinformation.
I’m sorry, I can’t agree that nothing should be done. I would love Twitter to die, but these scams are actively hurting people. They are criminals and must be stopped and Twitter is doing nothing about it, even when Elon himself is used as bait.
Hi Mom! I was coming home from Mike’s and some guy mugged me, and I had the rent money in my pocket! Can you Venmo me $900 real quick? My new email is best.moms.son@gμail.com. I’ll pay you back next Friday when I get paid! Love you!
I got one about as good as that on reddit. I received a series of DMs saying that I could, for $200, get a card recognizing my membership in the Elon Musk fan club.
There are a lot of legitimate reasons someone might be a victim of one of these scams that aren’t the result of them being stupid, I don’t see any reason to encourage this crap
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Just like Security can’t stop every spam email, Twitter can’t stop every falsehood on its service. Both should try, though. Twitter has metrics and can put a stop to trending tweets that are clearly disinformation.
Elon fired that team the moment he bought Twitter.
🤦
Elon doesn’t have to do anything. People need to leave Twitter.
Pet peeve of mine: nothing about this is “ironic.”
If the author really wants an adverb, I’d probably go with “unsurprisingly.”
I think “incidentally” would fit quite well here
I bet Elon Musk is wondering if it can be monetized.
I could only imagine what a Bear Grylls scam would look like.
“If you donate one pisscoin to my wallet I’ll promise to double it!”
He doesn’t care. He only bought Twitter with Saudi money so that he could trash it and help prevent another Arab Spring.
Unlike here, where all the celebrities are 100% real, take it from me.
No he shouldn’t. He should just do nothing. Let Twitter die already. Also those are all so obviously AI generated images lol
I’m sorry, I can’t agree that nothing should be done. I would love Twitter to die, but these scams are actively hurting people. They are criminals and must be stopped and Twitter is doing nothing about it, even when Elon himself is used as bait.
The biggest scammer of them all runs Twitter, so don’t get your hopes up too high.
I’m not hopeful at all. If anything, it will get worse.
With this types of scam I almost root for the scammers, is so absurd and blatantly fake.
Hey, its me Elong Musk. twottef owner and tesla
I am lost my wallet and need some help buying train ticket home.
Please send me 20 doller google play gift card and when I am home I will repay you million dollars. I will be very graceful
In serious, scammers typically make it fake as shit since the people most likely to be scammed are going to overlook it anyways.
Hi Mom! I was coming home from Mike’s and some guy mugged me, and I had the rent money in my pocket! Can you Venmo me $900 real quick? My new email is
best.moms.son@gμail.com. I’ll pay you back next Friday when I get paid! Love you!deleted by creator
I got one about as good as that on reddit. I received a series of DMs saying that I could, for $200, get a card recognizing my membership in the Elon Musk fan club.
There are a lot of legitimate reasons someone might be a victim of one of these scams that aren’t the result of them being stupid, I don’t see any reason to encourage this crap
I can only think off a person that is really desperate to gain money and ignoring all signs of scam.