Elon Musk created a poll on Saturday asking users to vote on whether Alex Jones should be reinstated. After the majority voted "Yes," the conspiracy theorist best known for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax was given his X account back.

Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X::Elon Musk created a poll on Saturday asking users to vote on whether Alex Jones should be reinstated. After the majority voted “Yes,” the conspiracy theorist best known for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax was given his X account back.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        59·
        1 year ago

        If you believe Elron didn’t just make up whatever results he wanted. I watched it and the ratio didn’t change at all in the last 800,000 votes, which seems a little weird.

      • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        It’s not like that poll goes to everyone, it goes to musk’s followers first and foremost.

        • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Musk’s posts go to everyone I’m pretty sure. Many people unfollowed him and he didn’t like that, so now you get his excretes whether you want to or not.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      1 year ago

      I see a merger in the future. They can complete the circle of bullshit and nonsense like the dragon 69ing its tail

    • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah it makes total sense. It’s a fantastic way to make sure you only get the most gullible, hardcore idiots that are easy to make money off.

      It’s like those longer running scams. They have built in mechanisms to find the best marks, by disqualifying anyone who might not be easy to convince early.

      Same here. If you cultivate a crowd of conspiracy theorists, that have a proven track record of being easily swayed not by evidence but by lack of evidence, then you got the full-day morons eating from your hand.