Allegations that @elonmusk is forcing his engineers to boost his tweets are fully supported by the data. I did some analysis and here's the total tweet impressions per hour over the past week... Timelines match up perfectly with the reports
theguardian.com/technology/202…
The daily tweet impressions since 1st January 2023 are even sadder and more worrying
The Twitter API may shut down any moment - if this is the last data I ever collect it'll totally be worth it
And then my account was locked for no reason - I’ve just got access back (thanks @PRGuy17 for sending this thru)
Update: I’m receiving DMs that this tweet thread is hidden from view. I suspect @elonmusk’s team have labeled it as spam or harmful to minimize visibility
Update: colleagues that I’m talking to on DM about this are having their accounts locked too…
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