Elon Musk was accused of boosting his Twitter posts.
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Allegations began after many users said that the billionaire's tweets appear on their timelines more often.
Even Musk's simple Twitter replies to other tweets can be seen on the social media's For You Tab. Because of this, many people claimed that his tweets are boosted.
Aside from them, multiple media sources also published articles about a special system that was created to boost Elon's Twitter posts.
Elon Musk Defends Himself Against Boosted Twitter Post Allegations
On Friday, Feb. 17, Musk decided to publish a tweet to explain why his posts and replies appear more often on the For You Tab.
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"Several major media sources incorrectly reported that my Tweets were boosted above normal levels earlier this week," said the tech CEO via his official Twitter post.
Several major media sources incorrectly reported that my Tweets were boosted above normal levels earlier this week.
A review of my Tweet likes & views over the past 6 months, especially as a ratio of followers, shows this to be false.
We did have a bug that briefly caused…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2023
He added that they were reviewing his Twitter likes and views for the past six months. Based on their findings, the accusations are false.
The billionaire further explained that the online platform did suffer from a bug that caused replies to have the same prominence as main tweets.
He even provided a screenshot to prove that the Twitter bug is making his posts appear more often. In the image, you can see that his 2022 tweet generated more than 300 million impressions.
For example, despite having ~40M fewer followers back then, I have yet to come anywhere close to this gem pic.twitter.com/bXVRqNQZhT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2023
This is unusual since his followers were less than 100 million during that period. Musk assured users that this issue has now been fixed.
Elon Musk's Alleged Special System
The Verge recently reported that a special system was created by Twitter engineers to boost Elon's tweets.
This detail was shared by the Platformer, claiming that the billionaire threatened the remaining Twitter engineers after President Joe Biden's Super Bowl tweet gained more impressions.
But, after Elon announced that his tweets are not boosted, it is hard to tell if the Platformer's claims are somehow true.
In other news, Elon Musk reportedly prevented Twitter's bankruptcy.
We also reported that over 180,000 Twitter subscribers were logged in December 2022.
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