Brad Greenspan, founder of one of the oldest social networking sites MySpace, argues that it was easier for Elon Musk to create his own version of Twitter than to buy the platform.
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Elon Musk Twitter’s legal team said it violated a nondisclosure agreement after previously tweeting on Twitter on Saturday about how the company reviews bot accounts.
„Twitter I was called to complain that I had violated their non-disclosure agreement by disclosing that the bot scan sample size is 100! Musk tweeted, “This really happened.”
Musk completes its $44 billion Twitter acquisition and trades public records, including the number of users of the site’s botnet a programwhich he promised to remove once he took control of the company.
Legal subpoena from Twitter to complain that I violated their non-disclosure agreement by revealing that the bot scan sample size is 100!
This has already happened.
– Elon Musk 14. May 2022
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ELON MUSK says Twitter deal is ‘pending’
After an internal review, Twitter told Musk that bot accounts make up less than 5 percent of its users.
“Twitter deal is temporarily on hold to secure details that spam/fake accounts already make up less than 5% of users,” Musk wrote on Twitter.
Elon Musk is seen at the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carracciello/GC Images) (Gilbert Carracciello/GC Images/Getty Images)
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The low number is well below expectations for anyone who uses the platform regularly, including Musk, who followed up on his tweet by sharing how Twitter came up with the number.
Elon Musk Acquires Twitter in $44B Deal: Now What?
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Musk is in the process of finalizing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and is discussing public filings, including the number of bot users on the platform, which he has promised to remove once he takes control of the company. (Photo by Tefun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“To find out, my team will randomly select 100 Twitter followers. I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover,” he tweeted, when someone on the platform asked Mask to “explain a little bit about the process. ”
To find out the answer, my team will create a random sample of 100 followers @Twitter.
I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover…
– Elon Musk 14. May 2022
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“Any reasonable random sample is fine. If several people are independently getting similar % of fake/spam/duplicate accounts results, it’s obvious. I chose 100 as the sample size number because Twitter uses it
Any reasonable sample is fine. When multiple people independently get results corresponding to a percentage of fake/spam/duplicate accounts, it becomes known.
I chose 100 as the sample size number because Twitter uses that number for a
– Elon Musk 14. May 2022
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The next day, Musk shared the alleged breach of his non-disclosure agreement.
I have relied on the accuracy of Twitter’s public records
– Elon Musk 14. May 2022
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Mask is often critical of the platform, once telling users that they are “manipulated” by its algorithm in ways they “don’t realize”.
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FILE – The login/registration screen for a Twitter account appears on a laptop on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux, Akte/AP Newsroom)
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Amid the controversy, the Tesla CEO said he remains “determined” to buy Twitter.
Still determined to take over
– Elon Musk 13. May 2022
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