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Google decimates Twitter search results after Elon Musk imposes limits on reading tweets (www.rawstory.com)
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Google has reportedly removed much of Twitter's links from its search results after the social network's owner Elon Musk announced reading tweets would be limited.

Search Engine Roundtable found that Google had removed 52% of Twitter links since the crackdown began last week. Twitter now blocks users who are not logged in and sets limits on reading tweets.

According to Barry Schwartz, Google reported 471 million Twitter URLs as of Friday. But by Monday morning, that number had plummeted to 227 million.

"For normal indexing of these Twitter URLs, it seems like these tweets are dropping out of the sky," Schwartz wrote.

Platformer reported last month that Twitter refused to pay its bill for Google Cloud services.

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[–] Idefinitelydonotknow@lemmy.world 116 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I am genuinely curious. What's the role of the new CEO if this turd keeps doing everything he can to burn this ish to the ground?

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She straight up admitted that she was essentially a sock puppet CEO and would offer no friction to anything Musk wanted.

[–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Musk is a manchild who can't handle being told "no", so that's a given.

But it's smart of her to put that out in advance. It informs Musk that she will stay out of his way, and she doesn't have to take the blame for idiotic decisions made by him.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

He’s the child of an emerald mine owner. Do people think that men like that choose wives based on how good a mother they’ll be? Doubt.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it’s called a ”Fucker-Upper“

[–] Afiefh@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Someone needs to make this Musk's official title. Chief-Fuck-Upper. I also heard Chief-Twit circling around.

Can we perhaps add a list of notable titles to his Wikipedia entry?

[–] MartinXYZ@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"CFU of Twitter" does have a nice ring to it

Then Spez could be CFU of Reddit. I kinda miss Ellen Pao. And Chooter.

Edit: A word.

[–] Idefinitelydonotknow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, this made me chuckle! 🤭

[–] agoramachina@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta have someone to push off the glass cliff

[–] Deez@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, I hadn’t heard of that expression or phenomenon.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever heard of the glass cliff? You might even see a name or two on that list that you recognize.

[–] agoramachina@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup, I remember the absolute outrage when Ellen Pao became CEO of reddit, though it is nice at least to finally see her vindicated on there now. I hadn't heard of the glass cliff until long after she left, but people have been referencing it left and right on reddit recently. Turns out, Ellen Pao wasn't the problem...

[–] FediFuckerFantastico@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's crazy, I was furious when they fired Victoria back in the day. It's nice to see that Alexis Ohanian is the one who deserves the blame for that massive fuckup. Man that gives me a pang of nostalgia for the old days of reddit though. Interesting that the Wiki article points to Obama's presidency and the 08 financial collapse as a "glass cliff" event.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Remember this?

-( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)╯╲___卐卐卐卐 Don't mind me just taking Ellen Pao for a walk

[–] nPrime@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both Musk and Huffman seem to think the E in CEO stands for “Enshittification.”

Edit - typo