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Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk's PR work for free.
Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn't need your help making sure his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.
Yeah, but every time these stories blow up, Mastodon, Threads, and BlueSky gets another user base boost. I’m ok with that. These stories keep making the alternative communities more and more viable.
I agree, he seems unwell and the attention is continuing the negative spiral. Unfortunately, I don't think we can control what people are interested in. This is a total spectacle and media circus