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That doesn't make any sense. Why release a feature to show account locations then?

anonym29 10mo ago
I think the comment you're responding to just means monetizing high-visibility creators in general as a systemic practice, not deliberately facilitating deception.
- theultdev 10mo ago
  Possibly when it comes to the "paying" part. But my response was directed towards "indians cosplaying as patriotic americans". I'm on the fence when it comes to paying people for posts, but that wasn't really the heart of the statement.
  - anonym29 10mo ago
    There were a ton of "I'm a red blooded god fearing patriot"-type accounts being operated out of Russia, India, Pakistan, etc - the BBC link in another chain of this thread covers it. I think this is more about the global economy and the economics of western political engagement on digital platforms rather than some grand conspiracy, personally, but in a very literal sense, the post could be described as not technically inaccurate, even if missing the point and assigning personalized blame where it probably isn't warranted.
  - frio 10mo ago
    It's intent of action vs. actual action. Elon may not be _intending_ to pay foreigners to cosplay as patriotic Americans. However, X pays people based on engagement. A number of people outside the USA have figured out that if they post outrageous shit to Americans, they get engagement -- and therefore earn money. So in fact, Elon _is_ paying foreigners to cosplay as Americans, but it might not have been what he meant to do.
raverbashing 10mo ago
Yes that feature was long overdue
- theultdev 10mo ago
  Yeah should have been done by Dorsey a long time ago. Afaik X is the only social media service that does this so far. Such a simple feature that has a major quality of life improvement.
  - ceejayoz 10mo ago
    > Afaik X is the only social media service that does this so far. Facebook has had it for years. https://www.facebook.com/help/320055788882014 https://www.facebook.com/help/320055788882014
    - theultdev 10mo ago
      Per your link, this isn't for every account. Just for pages that reach a large number of people. Good step though. There really is no privacy concern to list the country of a user. I don't know why FB has to qualify it just for large pages only.
  - thesuitonym 10mo ago
    It's not really a useful feature because it's super easy to spoof once you know you have to.
kgwxd 10mo ago
Because people that don't think will believe the shown location is accurate, instead of whatever the corrupt jack-ass running the site wants it to show. Any account that praises him will be a "verified human US citizen"

I think the comment you're responding to just means monetizing high-visibility creators in general as a systemic practice, not deliberately facilitating deception.

theultdev 10mo ago
Possibly when it comes to the "paying" part. But my response was directed towards "indians cosplaying as patriotic americans". I'm on the fence when it comes to paying people for posts, but that wasn't really the heart of the statement.
- anonym29 10mo ago
  There were a ton of "I'm a red blooded god fearing patriot"-type accounts being operated out of Russia, India, Pakistan, etc - the BBC link in another chain of this thread covers it. I think this is more about the global economy and the economics of western political engagement on digital platforms rather than some grand conspiracy, personally, but in a very literal sense, the post could be described as not technically inaccurate, even if missing the point and assigning personalized blame where it probably isn't warranted.
- frio 10mo ago
  It's intent of action vs. actual action. Elon may not be _intending_ to pay foreigners to cosplay as patriotic Americans. However, X pays people based on engagement. A number of people outside the USA have figured out that if they post outrageous shit to Americans, they get engagement -- and therefore earn money. So in fact, Elon _is_ paying foreigners to cosplay as Americans, but it might not have been what he meant to do.

raverbashing 10mo ago

Yes that feature was long overdue

theultdev 10mo ago
Yeah should have been done by Dorsey a long time ago. Afaik X is the only social media service that does this so far. Such a simple feature that has a major quality of life improvement.
- ceejayoz 10mo ago
  > Afaik X is the only social media service that does this so far. Facebook has had it for years. https://www.facebook.com/help/320055788882014 https://www.facebook.com/help/320055788882014
  - theultdev 10mo ago
    Per your link, this isn't for every account. Just for pages that reach a large number of people. Good step though. There really is no privacy concern to list the country of a user. I don't know why FB has to qualify it just for large pages only.
- thesuitonym 10mo ago
  It's not really a useful feature because it's super easy to spoof once you know you have to.

kgwxd 10mo ago

Because people that don't think will believe the shown location is accurate, instead of whatever the corrupt jack-ass running the site wants it to show. Any account that praises him will be a "verified human US citizen"