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Elon Musk's Twitter Rants
34:15 - 42:08 (07:53)
Twitter engineers jumped into Elon Musk's replies on the social media platform after he revealed his plans to buy the company for $44 billion, leading experts to call the move an incredible display of vanity and insecurity.
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Elon Musk and others noticed their tweets were not getting delivered.
34:15 - 36:16 (02:01)
Summary
Elon Musk and others noticed their tweets were not getting delivered. Twitter engineers jumped in and said they didn't understand how the back end worked, but Musk claims it was due to the fan out service for the following feed being overloaded, resulting in up to 95% of his tweets not getting delivered at all.
ChapterElon Musk's Twitter Rants
EpisodeSunday Special: An Episode of ‘Hard Fork’
PodcastThe Daily
The concept of the mystery of how Twitter's algorithm works has been accepted as the cost of doing business online.
36:16 - 37:46 (01:30)
Summary
The concept of the mystery of how Twitter's algorithm works has been accepted as the cost of doing business online. However, there are still some who are not satisfied, including Elon Musk, who has questioned the algorithm and the reason why certain posts get more impressions than others.
ChapterElon Musk's Twitter Rants
EpisodeSunday Special: An Episode of ‘Hard Fork’
PodcastThe Daily
Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter for $44 billion may have been motivated by a desire to take down his enemies on the platform, including blue check journalists and verified users he didn't believe deserved their status.
37:46 - 42:08 (04:22)
Summary
Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter for $44 billion may have been motivated by a desire to take down his enemies on the platform, including blue check journalists and verified users he didn't believe deserved their status. While some see it as a display of vanity and insecurity, others follow Musk on Twitter for voyeuristic reasons.