Listening to the latest Chapo, they had a discussion about how Elon Musk aficionados have taken to calling people without blue checks who criticize Musk “bots”. This isn’t coming from nowhere- Musk gave as one rationale for introducing eight dollar payments that it would filter out bots. Readers will also recall after Trump’s election the moral panic over “Russian bots” infiltrating the site, somehow winning the election for Trump. The left, in both cases, made merry of making fun of these people. The left is correct to do so. However, in a weird inversion, the politicized boomers -whether Russiagate libs or Elon worshippers- are right about the future- the very near future- but not right about the present.
Bots- a brief warning for the left
Bots- a brief warning for the left
Bots- a brief warning for the left
Listening to the latest Chapo, they had a discussion about how Elon Musk aficionados have taken to calling people without blue checks who criticize Musk “bots”. This isn’t coming from nowhere- Musk gave as one rationale for introducing eight dollar payments that it would filter out bots. Readers will also recall after Trump’s election the moral panic over “Russian bots” infiltrating the site, somehow winning the election for Trump. The left, in both cases, made merry of making fun of these people. The left is correct to do so. However, in a weird inversion, the politicized boomers -whether Russiagate libs or Elon worshippers- are right about the future- the very near future- but not right about the present.