The problem with the bot crackdown ideas is that they mostly involve hiring people which Musk laid off (getting the boss to admit his mistake is never easy, and

The problem with the bot crackdown ideas is that they mostly involve hiring people which Musk laid off (getting the boss to admit his mistake is never easy, and he’s more egotistical than average) and it’ll tank the numbers that their customers see. Advertisers like the idea of not paying for bot activity but they’re going to be paying less overall and if the numbers go down significantly some are going to argue for refunds because X wasn’t doing adequate bot control before. Similarly, people like to see high follower counts but if those drop precipitously when a new antispam is announced, it’s really going to contribute to the “this place is over” impression most of the remaining users already have.