that in 2016, Bob Iger, then CEO of Disney, became convinced that the company should buy Twitter as it would be an excellent distribution platform for Disney content around the world, but shortly before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the plans to purchase the company were scrapped.In a 2019 memoir, Iger said that the boards of both Disney and Twitter had agreed to the deal, but then he had second thoughts due to the “nastiness” across Twitter.
Now, speaking at Vox Media’s annual Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California, Iger said that Twitter would have been a “phenomenal” distribution platform for Disney but that it would have also come with too many issues — including bots.
Interestingly enough, because I read the news these days, we did look very carefully at all of the Twitter users — I guess they’re called users? — and we at that point estimated with some of Twitter’s help that a substantial portion — not a majority — were not real. I don’t remember the number but we discounted the value heavily. But that was built into our economics. Actually, the deal that we had was pretty cheap.fighting Twitter in court to back out of a $44 billion deal to purchase the company.
As Musk moved to buy Twitter, the company made the absurd claim that only five percent of accounts on the platform are bots. Musk believes the actual number is a multiple of Twitter’s figure, while Iger puts the figure at “a substantial portion — not a majority,” meaning closer to 50 percent of the platform’s accounts.
These social media groups should start tagging accounts that are bots so we can all see. They have the tech to do it. Why do they even allow it?
no shit.
And the daily porn bot spam
And? It isn't news there are a lot of bots on here. That is why Disney did research BEFORE agreeing to buy and making an offer. Musk did not and at minimum should be on the hook for the penalty fee he agreed to.
BUT, you see how this sick system works ….RobertIger KNEW that it was a a bot-infested propaganda tool, but kept that info on the down-low…..these people are SICK
SURPRISE SURPRISE
Isn't Disney under investigation for sex trafficking? Disney employees arrested in the raids
Musk wins.
ezralevant Asking for a friend . If you mute one 🤖 account doesn’t the I.P. Address become disabled ? Which would then be the same for how many others originating from it ?
Bots and fake accounts there to push the democrats liberal agenda
Is an SEC investigation warranted?
It’s true! I am a bot!
elonmusk
If Twitter bots could vote, the left wouldn't have to stuff ballot boxes hack voting machines. How they fight so hard for illegals to vote, when they should be focusing on AI programs. Twitter is going down. Good riddance.
Elon KNEW there were too many Bots…he promised to buy it to solve this problem. Now he wants out due to the problem he wanted to fix. It’s BS. DONT FALL FOR IT.
Why is Breitbart supporting Elon?$
It’s likely the same story through all the social networks… making losers look like popular winners…