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Elon Musk, on Sunday, left the Internet abuzz after he announced that soon only verified users on X, formerly Twitter, will be allowed to participate in the polls. Mr. Musk revealed that this change is being done to prevent bots from swaying the results. It happened after writer and entrepreneur Brian Krassenstein responded to Mr Musk’s post claiming that he had noticed pretty extreme bot activities around polls. Mr. Brian wrote, you really have to make the option to only allow for blue checkmarks to participate in polls. I’ve noticed that the bot activity around the polls are pretty extreme. As for the ADL, I get that sometimes they over-label things. With that said, there has been a lot accomplished over the last 110 years from the ADL. You really have to make the option to only allow for blue checkmarks to participate in polls. I’ve noticed that the bot activity around polls are pretty extreme. As for the ADL I get that sometimes they over-label things. With that said, there has been a lot accomplished over the— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) September 2, 2023. In response to his tweet, Mr Musk said, Agreed on all. We are changing polls to allow votes only by verified users. That’s critical to avoid polls getting bot-spammed on controversial issues. The ADL has done a lot of good work in prior decades, but has been overzealous in recent years & hijacked by woke mind virus. We’re changing polls to allow votes only by verified users. That’s critical to avoid polls getting bot-spammed on controversial issues. The ADL has done a lot of good work in prior decades, but has been overzealous in recent years & hijacked by woke mind virus.
