“Twitter gave it to me and Twitter takes it from me. Bless his name! ”. There is no less Christian resignation than @QuimMonzo to survive Elon Musk and his little bird network. Since the tycoon –billion-dollar losses have not yet jeopardize the qualifier– took over Twitter users have certified the death of the social media network dozens of times.The penultimate came over the weekend and, digital ironies, the attack of conscience by aggrieved tweeters accumulated records of views –432 million– and still generates deep debates that declare tweeting a fundamental right and not the umpteenth human surrender to a private company and its income statement.
Musk does his thing and temporarily limits tweet views for colorblind mortal users. Now 600, then 800, then 1,000… RIP Twitter is a trending topic and Musk is sweeping it by recommending that you get away from your phone and enjoy with your friends and family. Impossible. Everyone is hooked on Twitch with Ibai Llanos’s soiree of year 3 and… tweeting like there are no limits.
Who gives more? Ibai or Elon? The numbers are staggering. Eight hours of streaming, with a peak of 3,449,999 viewers, 100.5 million views and 60,000 fans enjoying live at the Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid. Amateur boxing matches mixed with Estopa, Rosario Flores, Quevedo… And each one, a new trending topic. “Do you know someone?”, “If you want to say in person, no” (conversation on family WhatsApp). The evening lengthened in the networks.
And suddenly Twitter is back. Another record trending topic. “Is Twitter back to normal? Or am I seeing my 600 daily tweets? Because I don’t want to spend them until they give the reality show at night. “Twitter is back and I had already created 163897726 alternative accounts…”.
@DaniNovarama explains that behind the Twitter drama there is a battalion of content leeches to feed AI applications. “Anything goes. This is the gold rush, its owners know that the company can be worth billions if they are ‘the best AI’. And they know that they are going to be limited by law soon, they are using methods of dubious legality. There is a rush to be the champion. And few scruples. @elpady brings us back to the Twitter patio: “Since it began to die, it has broken the record for simultaneous users three times. The last time, last week with the dramas in Russia/Ukraine. Rig fatalities in the 21st century are very rare.”
