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Enshitification is different. It’s when companies destroy a product with hundreds of changes that prioritise internal politics above what end users want.

This is something else - just the ego of one rich guy petulantly satisfying his inner demons.

>>blowsk+(OP)
"Porque no los dos?"

A five-second delay may be enough to cause a measurably increase in the "stickiness" of Twitter if some people wait <5 seconds before clicking or scrolling onwards to something else.

Then they spend more time generating ad-revenue for Twitter than if they had gone off to the New York Times or something and started browsing over there.

>>blowsk+(OP)
> that prioritise internal politics

I thought it was about increasing short-term revenue.

>>Terr_+I2
It’s not doing it on foxnews.com. Take everything else Musk is saying and doing, and it’s hard to believe it’s not some grudgelist.

>>blowsk+(OP)
> just the ego of one rich guy petulantly satisfying his inner demons.

As that rich guy happens to be the CEO, how is this not the prime example of "prioritising internal politics above what end users want"?