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Twitter sells eyeballs. Do they pay me to visit their site? To tweet? Is Twitter entitled to my attention? In only narrowly proscribed ways that maximize their

Twitter sells eyeballs. Do they pay me to visit their site? To tweet? Is Twitter entitled to my attention? In only narrowly proscribed ways that maximize their own benefit? Quid pro quo.

mattdeboard 5y ago
> Is Twitter entitled to my attention? If you're using Twitter, yes, because you are explicitly entitling them to it > In only narrowly proscribed [sic] ways that maximize their own benefit? Yes
that_guy_iain 5y ago
> Twitter sells eyeballs. Do they pay me to visit their site? To tweet? No, they provide you with a service free of charge with the open knowledge that they pay for it by selling your attention. This is Quid pro quo.