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You keep talking about people as if you they are one homogenous block that you deeply understand and represent. Most people really couldn't care less about Spa
by threeseed 4y ago
You keep talking about people as if you they are one homogenous block that you deeply understand and represent.
Most people really couldn't care less about SpaceX, Tesla or the future of Twitter. And they definitely wouldn't put Musk at the pinnacle of cultural relevance.
It's a minority of the population that is on sites like this that care. And for many of us there is a much more discerning and skeptical attitude towards Musk and his antics.
- planetsprite 4y agoHe has 111 million followers on twitter. He isn't some niche tech celebrity.
- bojo 4y ago0.01% of the world population
- hackernewds 4y agoAnd by his measure far far less since most are bots.
- 6502nerdface 4y agoWell... by comparison the sitting president of the United States peaked at only ~89 million followers [1]. [1] https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/trump-twitter-ban-followers-capitol-riot.html https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/trump-twitter-ban-follo...
- threeseed 4y agoYou do understand that not everyone uses Twitter. 37% of the world doesn't even have internet.
- tomjakubowski 4y agoNot that they're all 1:1 with real people but: 111 million is 1.4% of the world's population (~8B)
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- brewdad 4y agoHalf of them bots. As he discovered after bidding for ownership.