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| Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Says ‘Substantial Portion' of Twitter Accounts Are Bots |
| 2022-09-09 |
| [Breitbart] Former Disney CEO Bob Iger recently explained why the entertainment giant abandoned plans to buy Twitter in 2016, noting that a "substantial number" of the platform’s users are bots and fake accounts. Recode reports that in 2016, Bob Iger, then CEO of Disney, became convinced that the company should buy Twitter as it would be an excellent distribution platform for Disney content around the world, but shortly before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the plans to purchase the company were scrapped. In a 2019 memoir, Iger said that the boards of both Disney and Twitter had agreed to the deal, but then he had second thoughts due to the "nastiness" across Twitter. However, the supposed "nastiness" of Twitter should have been readily apparent well before a deal was almost finalized to purchase the platform. Now, speaking at Vox Media’s annual Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California, Iger said that Twitter would have been a "phenomenal" distribution platform for Disney but that it would have also come with too many issues — including bots. Iger stated: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Appears to me he flushed the crooked SOB's out. For that alone, we owe him a debt of gratitude. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-09 11:03 |
| #7 And if he doesn't buy it, bet he gets his deposit back. What is the Price is Right bid now, 60% bots? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-09-09 10:59 |
| #6 #5 So will this mean Musk knew or should have known Twitter was botty when he made his offer and will have to pay the $44 billion? Posted by: Glenmore 2022-09-09 09:57 Glen, At the very least, he had to have had a strong suspicion, and certainly knew about Disney's reservations. Once this comes out, I expect he's going to end up paying a lot less than $44B for it. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-09-09 10:21 |
| #5 So will this mean Musk knew or should have known Twitter was botty when he made his offer and will have to pay the $44 billion? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-09-09 09:57 |
| #4 /\ Yes, and clearly addictive. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-09 07:06 |
| #3 I think social media and cable news proves that Gresham's Law is applicable beyond money. Bad information forces out good information. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-09 06:58 |
| #2 /\ If it helps, you may wish to think of the Twitter and Social Media, as cerebral vaccination administered mind-control with a monitoring app. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-09 06:44 |
| #1 ...All together now - they knew. They all knew. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-09-09 06:25 |