Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.www.mirror.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down114
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkElon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.www.mirror.co.ukFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHe doesn’t care. He only bought Twitter with Saudi money so that he could trash it and help prevent another Arab Spring.
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoStep 1. Create Mastodon Instance specifically to cater to oppressed people in oppressive regimes. Step 2. Create bots to emulate dissidents. Step 3. Sell instance to oppressive regimes for $$$ Step 4. Rinse and Repeat.
He doesn’t care. He only bought Twitter with Saudi money so that he could trash it and help prevent another Arab Spring.
Step 1. Create Mastodon Instance specifically to cater to oppressed people in oppressive regimes.
Step 2. Create bots to emulate dissidents.
Step 3. Sell instance to oppressive regimes for $$$
Step 4. Rinse and Repeat.