The digital town square, but with more pay-to-play curbs
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Musk's actions appear not to be addressing such concerns. Instead, X has made changes that could serve to amplify disinformation and malicious content, such as last week's move topresented alongside links to articles. Doing so means users see only posters’ take on content, making it more likely they could encounter disinformation.
Musk’s changes at X are aimed at making money, or juicing statistics. Removing headlines in posts, for example, shrinks the screen real estate occupied by each title and ends up displaying more posts at a time, thereby increasing statistical engagement. Musk also said last week the move would have the effect of keeping users on the site by giving links"less attention.
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