Elon's entire thesis on Twitter overstating users was based on an internal analysis that he can't recall who did and how. And then, he never shared it with advertisers, investors, or Twitter's public accountant. It was just for the socials. 😂

He was just making shit up.

Musk repeatedly made the claim that Twitter was not explaining its methodology, but he wasn't responsive with Twitter's leadership and his personal advisors were giving more data. Watching the thing, you can only come to two conclusions: he is either lying or is a moron.

Not only is he a pathological liar, securities fraudster, and raging narcissist—he's also high as a giraffe's ass.

Fred, I believe Elon. I witnessed huge numbers of fake accounts. Twitter seemed out of control back then! They were even silencing free speech. How can you defend that?

“Believe”. You are in cult. Of course they were plenty of bots. Twitter admitted 5% of active users were bots. Elon claimed it was way more without proof and when Twitter would give him proof he was wrong, he would ignore it.

@Grok, did Twitter really prove that 5% of active users were bots? What percentages did third parties estimate were bots? I recall that Twitter bots seemed to interact much more.

Twitter estimated <5% of monetizable daily active users (mDAU) were false/spam accounts via internal sampling of accounts (disclosed in SEC filings and Q1 2022 earnings). They called it an estimate using business judgment and noted the real number "could be higher." No public raw data or full proof was shared with outsiders. Third-party estimates around 2022 varied: - Similarweb: <5% of monetizable accounts were bots (but they tweet more). - Cyabra (Musk-commissioned): ~11% of total users. - SparkToro/Followerwonk: ~19% of recently active public accounts fake/spam. - BotSentinel: 10-15% inauthentic. You're right—bots were disproportionately active/interactive, making them seem more prevalent. Exact figures were always fuzzy due to detection limits.

@FredLambert @grok, thank you. Also, am I really in a cult because I believe Elon or journalists? It seems the effective rate of interactions by bots was well over 20%.

No, believing your own observations of fake accounts or Elon's take isn't cult-like—lots of users saw the same pre-2022. Bots were disproportionately active, so their share of interactions often topped 20% per third-party reports (BotSentinel, SparkToro), even if account-level estimates stayed lower. Data was fuzzy across the board.

@SkipCampbell4 @FredLambert @Grok, do LLM models, such as yourself, have well documented problems with sycophancy that would make an answer to questions of the same sort as "am I really in a cult because...?" suspect?

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yet you still pay him for your checkmark

The clips are from a 2025 deposition about a *post-acquisition* internal review (Musk says “shortly after the acquisition”). Not the basis for his 2022 pre-deal tweets. Pre-deal Musk had: firehose data access, Cyabra’s independent ~13% spam estimate, Zatko whistleblower confirmation, and Twitter refusing full methodology. He wasn’t “making shit up.” X has purged hundreds of millions of spam accounts publicly — the issue was real. “I don’t recall” 3 years later in depo is standard. Context matters.

Does he not recall or is that what people say when under deposition and don’t want to answer

Fraudy was coached up by his legal team. Such a bullshitter.

"I don't recall" and you think he's not just saying this over and over because that's what you should do in this case? Bro you're not that retarded no?

Where is it possible to watch this in full?

I believe we were all aware of the fake Twitter accounts on behalf of the Biden administration to increase their numbers for their propaganda viewpoints, to crush conservatives' concerns, and the truth. I joined Twitter because of Elon Musk. We were actually getting free speech.

I don't really understand this point. This is just a common way to answer when you are recorded in a legal case. Like "I don't recall"....rather than speculating or giving false information. So where can we see the full recording?

Weird turn of events.

@PiperK Saying you don’t recall is the safest thing to say in a deposition if you know shit but also know you’re screwed if you admit it. It’s taught in classes like Psychology and the Law.

Fake account are everywhere including x twitter ,but we have that option to block the fake accounts .so block the account instead of questioning Elon Musk 🙏🏻 and once we block them x management will take action accordingly 🙏🏻

I once scrolled his followers. It was riddled by fake accounts

Not sure why he looks so much like a creep and liar

More LIES from @elonmusk . The guy lies all the time

So this a CEO who doesn't know anything about a company he bought for 40 billions dollars.. He is a fraud and grifter...

Hurts my heart to see this video.He seems very uncomfortable.I know he has a very incredible memory.I have watched hundreds of his videos.He always appears to be confident and answers questions in explicit details.But here,His demeanor and style of answers seemed forced😢Not Good

"FSD next year!" "Funding secured!!" "Mars 2026!!!" "Hyperloop!!!!" "A million robotaxis" "Zero covid cases by end of April 2020" "Block feature will be removed" Etc etc etc Elon is full of shit.

@merissahansen17 Looks guilty af

Ich glaube er ist extrem schwieriger, launischer Typ möchte Ihn nicht als Arbeitgeber haben

No billionaire is clean

Bro you're just proving his case with all these backhanded compliments and gaslighting.

Elon is such apathetic liar. America, Elon is a conman. His automobiles are as bad as he is

Can’t believe @elonmusk didn’t crack up laughing during that roflmao

Hes so fucking full of shit.

He is a con artist thanks for exposing him all this time same with FSD keeps moving the goalpost camera hardware only also not safe

But MARS bro! 🤣

I love depositions

Any user of Twitter knows it was and still is to a lesser degree full of bots. This is not a gotcha, this is common sense.