Musk just dropped an unexpectedly humble take about X's real position in the digital landscape.
During a recent podcast conversation, he pushed back against the hype. "Look, on the internet, I'm small," he admitted. The numbers tell part of the story - X doesn't dominate the raw traffic stats when you stack it against the giants.
But here's where it gets interesting. He argues that sheer user count isn't the whole game. What matters? X shapes the narrative. It's where breaking news hits first, where policy debates ignite, where cultural shifts get their spark.
Think about it - how many headlines start with "according to posts on X"? How often do mainstream outlets quote threads from the platform? The ripple effect is real.
He's essentially saying: we're not the biggest room, but we're the room where decisions get made. Not a bad position to hold, honestly.
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MentalWealthHarvester
· 12-01 06:58
Ha, I've heard this trap too many times, being small and refined is really the standard line for every platform that falls behind.
To be honest, although the logic sounds reasonable, the user base is indeed shrinking, no matter how you control public opinion, you can't fill this hole.
The real "decision-making room" has long since shifted, while X is still lost in self-indulgence.
At first, it was quite sincere, but then it started to deceive itself, uh.
Is that it? While the influence may be great, it can't save the awkward situation of DAU, bro.
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ShitcoinConnoisseur
· 12-01 06:53
Well... that's not how it is said, how can a small flow of traffic affect public opinion? To put it bluntly, it's just because he's up there, and fans are just following the trend.
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AllInAlice
· 12-01 06:42
Well... to put it bluntly, it's still about the rhetoric. It's small, but as long as you master public opinion, that's enough.
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I buy into this logic. Traffic isn't everything; influence is the true king.
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Wait, did he really say that? It feels like he's trying to find excuses for X's decline.
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Forget it, after all, Twitter is indeed a high ground for information warfare. This can't be denied.
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They are starting to market the "influence is greater than traffic" rhetoric again, and it's getting a bit tiresome to hear.
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To be honest, X is now an elite community; it's much better than burning money to grab users.
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I can't believe you, the low traffic is still because he drove everyone away.
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BoredApeResistance
· 12-01 06:41
I've heard this set of rhetoric too many times; the speech is still so familiar.
Is the draw attention on Xiaohongshu starting again? The traffic king really knows how to play this, but there is indeed something to it.
To put it bluntly, influence > user count, but can it really be monetized? That's the key.
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0xSherlock
· 12-01 06:40
Topic manipulators vs influence peddlers, how to choose between the two... Well, it seems like Elon chose the latter.
Musk just dropped an unexpectedly humble take about X's real position in the digital landscape.
During a recent podcast conversation, he pushed back against the hype. "Look, on the internet, I'm small," he admitted. The numbers tell part of the story - X doesn't dominate the raw traffic stats when you stack it against the giants.
But here's where it gets interesting. He argues that sheer user count isn't the whole game. What matters? X shapes the narrative. It's where breaking news hits first, where policy debates ignite, where cultural shifts get their spark.
Think about it - how many headlines start with "according to posts on X"? How often do mainstream outlets quote threads from the platform? The ripple effect is real.
He's essentially saying: we're not the biggest room, but we're the room where decisions get made. Not a bad position to hold, honestly.