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That hasn't been my experience at all.

• Apocryphon 3y ago
  Try tweeting about how you like a t-shirt design.
  • natch 3y ago
    Huh? Please share a link, curious what you are talking about.
    • plorkyeran 3y ago
      If you tweet something along the lines of "I'd buy a tshirt with that image on it" you'll immediately get ten bots offering to sell you that shirt from a print-on-demand site.
      • natch 3y ago
        I’m afraid I don’t believe you. Here is a link to someone doing what you say should immediately attract ten bots: https://x.com/xtlufa/status/1710110358088917405?s=46&t=mWO9fVw20o1MmhhoLVmFpQ https://x.com/xtlufa/status/1710110358088917405?s=46&t=mWO9f... As you can see, zero bots have replied. Unfortunately there are a lot of Elon haters who just make stuff up. I’m not saying you are one of those. But I will say that because of this phenomenon, when you make claims of this sort, if you don’t provide evidence you are likely to be asked for evidence.
        • Apocryphon 3y ago
          https://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-want-this-on-a-shirt-bot-bait https://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-want-this-on-a-shirt-bo... Please also refer to the other reply link
      • MichaelZuo 3y ago
        If it's that obvious then you should be easily able to link an example tweet as proof?
        • Apocryphon 3y ago
          https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5yywm/twitters-t-shirt-bots-are-undefeated-and-verified-by-elon-musk https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5yywm/twitters-t-shirt-bots... Please also refer to the other reply link
          • natch 3y ago
            Seems that Elon has fixed the problem. One of your links is months old, the other years old.
            • Apocryphon 3y ago
              If you say so. https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1715823316991189078 https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1715823316991189078 (thread) https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1716940900260258199 https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1716940900260258199 (replies) Investigating this took one simple search for “t-shirt bots.”
              • MichaelZuo 3y ago
                Can you link a few examples where: "If you tweet something along the lines of "I'd buy a tshirt with that image on it" you'll immediately get ten bots offering to sell you that shirt from a print-on-demand site."? There should be thousands upon thousands of examples, a single search away, to choose from right?
                • Apocryphon 3y ago
                  That is what the second link is. Most of those replies are fake, you can tell because there are bots working in call-and-answer pairs, with one stating their admiration for a shirt design and the second one providing a storefront that has miraculously spontaneously generated to fit that product demand. Examples from query "need this shirt:" https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419