- Reports indicate that over 42% of Elon Musk’s Twitter followers could be bots.
- 42% of Musk’s followers have zero followers and over 62.5M have posted zero tweets.
- Musk’s recent decision to remove the block feature was also not well received.
Elon Musk is making headlines again with reports that a large percentage of his Twitter (now X) followers were inactive, indicating that they could be bots. Culture Crave revealed in a recent Twitter post that 42% of Elon Musk’s 153M Twitter followers have zero followers and over 62.5M of Elon Musk followers have posted zero tweets.
Twitter users agreed with the bot theory in their responses to this news. However, some speculated that it could also be related to how Twitter forces users to follow a few accounts while signing up. “… when you first started an account it forces you to follow people and Elon Musk is one of the people that forces you to follow when you make a new account after he bought it,” explained one user.
If the bot theory is true, it would seem contradictory to Musk’s claims about introducing new policies to fight bot infestation on the social media site. Earlier last month, Musk stated the decision to limit the number of tweets users were allowed to view. This was, according to him, to combat spam and bot accounts.
Ever since Musk took over Twitter in October of 2022, numerous changes were introduced, from implementing paid blue ticks to changing Twitter’s name and logo. Most recently, Musk revealed his plans to remove the block feature. The tech entrepreneur said that the blocking feature made no sense and that users could still mute accounts. It is unclear if he would go ahead with this plan as the Apple and Google PlayStores require featured apps to allow blocking accounts to ensure user safety.
Meanwhile, Musk’s favorite crypto DOGE seems to be dipped in red. Standing at $0.06322 at press time, DOGE suffered from a massive 15.67% fall over the past week. With such a lackluster performance, DOGE’s future price movement waits to be seen.
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