Elon Musk reiterated his claim that more than 20 percent of Twitter users can create fake and spam accounts, a deal to acquire a social media company “Can’t move forward“Until Twitter proves the accuracy of its lowest rating of less than 5 percent. Musk is currently in the process of acquiring Twitter and its estimated $ 226 million daily active users for $ 44 billion.
“20% of fake / spam accounts are 4 times more than what Twitter claims,” the Tesla CEO tweeted. Report from Teslaratti. “My offer was based on the accuracy of Twitter’s SEC filings. Yesterday, the CEO of Twitter publicly refused to show <5% proof. This deal cannot go ahead until he does.
20% of fake / spam accounts are 4 times more than what Twitter claims.
My offer was based on the accuracy of Twitter’s SEC filings.
Yesterday, the CEO of Twitter publicly refused to show <5% proof.
This deal cannot go ahead until he does.
– Elon Musk (elonmusk) May 17, 2022
Musk made similar comments at the Miami Technology Conference yesterday. Bloomberg It was then reported. During the presentation, Tesla CEO estimated that bots could create at least 20 percent of Twitter’s users. “What I’m being told right now is that there is no way to know the number of bots,” Musk said. “It is as incomprehensible as the human soul.”
There are speculations that Elon Musk is using the debate over the number of bots on Twitter as a ploy to negotiate a lower acquisition price. At yesterday’s conference, the CEO said the potential deal at a lower price was “beyond question”. Bloomberg Reported.
Today’s comments come just days after Musk announced his deal to acquire a social media network.Has been suspended”Concerned about the number of reported spam or fake accounts. Although he later said, he is “still determined [the] Acquisition. ”
Attempts by the Tesla CEO to gain clarity on these numbers a On Monday, the public clashed with Twitter CEO Barack Agarwal. Agarwal provided details on the number of spam accounts suspended by Twitter each day and outlined how the team identifies them. But he added, “We do not believe this particular assessment can be made externally, given the critical need to use public and private information (which we cannot share).” Musk responded to his long tweet series with a dirt emoji.
“So how do advertisers know what they’re getting paid for?” Musk tweeted. “This is the basis of Twitter’s financial health.” Tesla CEO had recommended Samples 100 accounts in general And verify the number of bots.
Musk has addressed the number of spam and unreliable accounts on Twitter The main part of his pitch For how he will improve the service under his right. He also spoke about prioritizing freedom of speech and his desire to make the site’s algorithms open source.
