ChatGPT教英语Service disruptions occur as Musk limits Twitter usage
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3x0oUF_G3w
Slow your scroll Elon Musk said over the weekend Twitter will limit at least temporarily the number of posts you can read he claims It's an effort to address extreme levels of data scraping So verified accounts limited to 10,000 posts per day unverified accounts 1,000 per day Now this was revealed after thousands of users complained that they were unable or had trouble accessing the site many reported Getting messages that they had exceeded their rate limit. So what is behind? Behind this latest turmoil for the company CNN senior media analyst Sarah Fisher joins us She's also senior media reporter at axios and Sarah what gives what now with him? There's always something odd here, right? Never is a dull day in Elon Musk land You know I think this is a response to the rise of a lot of big AI Platforms that are starting to scrape big social media platforms for data to help train their algorithms You saw read it a few weeks ago said that they would start to charging developers for some of that back-end access They got a lot of pushback from their community It seems like Elon Musk is trying to do something similar But the difference Audi is that this is gonna have a huge impact on the everyday users experience with Twitter You saw some people tweeting frustration yesterday Ironically tweeting frustration about Twitter that they weren't able to get severe weather updates critical news and information Because they were being limited to the number of posts that they were able to view now Elon Musk has not said how long he's going to implement this temporary crackdown But I do know that it's going to be frustrating for advertisers because they're reliant on have the usage in order to fulfill their ad Campaigns make sure they have enough people watching and reading tweets in order to insert their ads between them Theoretically reliant on them for business, but one quick fact check. What's this about? Maybe him not paying his bills Can you talk about what's going on there? There have been so many reports whether it's been some of its b2b vendors or its licensing or its Leases if you will that Twitter has struggled to pay its bills and that's because Twitter is really struggling with profitability right now now to be Honest Twitter's always struggled with profitability even before Elon Musk took over But the difference is that they are not a publicly traded company They do not need to be transparent about their finances what money they're bringing in and what money they're spending And so it seems like the company is just in this sort of chaotic spot where it's trying to stay afloat But it's not necessarily doing it in the most transparent way We keep getting reports not also just about not paying bills, but they're still in litigation with former employees about paying out severances, etc So expect Twitter to continue to be in this sort of financial chaos until maybe they can turn the platform around But I'm still skeptical Audi even though they have you know put in a new chief executive Executive this platform continues to be chaos as I cover it. All right, Sarah stay with us I'm gonna bring Shelby and Errol back in You're so jealous that you didn't write the slayers Cast worthy yeah, I'll be right there I think why I love listening to Sarah talk about this is because I'm fascinated by the business story less less on the myopic like Navel-gazing people being angry about their tweets not being available and all that type of stuff But from a business perspective they bring in Linda Icarino a big-time executive. It's supposed to juice up their advertising You know Musk is Elon Musk. How does this end? Well, it's not gonna be pretty the at this point The estimate is that under Elon Musk the company has lost two-thirds of its value. He paid 44 billion dollars for it It's worth something like 15 billion. That's not good, right? Right, right, right. Not good The number goes to go in the other direction the the fact that advertisers and Important users like the National Weather Service and others are saying like this this may not be for us The algorithm is it still sort of promotes and and favors, you know Kind of anger and division and outrage making it a much less pleasant user experience for everybody who's left on it And then this idea that you're gonna get out of it by paying eight bucks, which has just been roundly rejected They've got very very few subscribers even among their daily users So there there as a business, it's just it just seems to be falling apart now. It's it's got a lot of sort of potential It's got a lot of residual affection. It's got a lot of political tool, right? We have 2024 coming up I mean do campaigns think they're gonna still be using Twitter? Yeah, I think oh I think the big thing is if it was just this change, it would be a huge change but given how much Elon Musk has already changed the platform like I know personally I feel like the Platform is a little bit less reliable now in terms of me finding Verified news that has been fact-checked and is legitimate And so I think in that sense, it's a little bit less of a priority for Kamen's I mean Donald Trump is still not on the platform. For example, I do think pre Elon Musk He would have more of a reason to join it Hey Sarah with the time we have left. I mean from a business perspective from a Linda Yaccarino perspective Do that when you talk to both people inside the company, but also analysts outside is there a pathway that exists here to kind of get them out of this just constant state of tumult and Seeming collapse followed by resuscitation followed by some new Strategy that I can't figure out There is a pathway One of the things that you're gonna hear internally a lot is that Linda brings assurance to the talent inside There's still some people who are great salespeople who are great engineers that want just guidance and direction and some assurance that things aren't going To change that much and they're hoping that Linda will bring some consistency But from the outside world the perspective of the advertisers and marketers I just spent a good week with them at a big, you know Advertising festival overseas and the thing that you keep hearing is that Twitter is still the most relevant public square for political discourse You have meta which is the parent company the Instagram and Facebook that's trying to build out a rival You have small budding rivals like Mastodon in blue sky But at the end of the day Twitter is still the biggest public score in the world And so if Elon Musk can figure this out, there's definitely a product case to be made for it being relevant I'm just not quite sure quite frankly if he's going to be able to do it and keep Linda Yeah, Karina on his side and she doesn't get too frustrated and just leave. Yeah, it's fascinating to watch it all play out Sarah thanks as always for the great reporting. I appreciate it.
Section 1: Important words from the article
1. Scroll - to move text or images up or down a computer or mobile screen.
2. Limit - to restrict or control something, in this case, the number of posts one can read on Twitter.
3. Address - to deal with or attempt to solve a problem.
4. Scraping - extracting data from a website using automated tools or algorithms.
5. Verified - confirmed or proven to be true or authentic.
6. Unverified - not confirmed or proven to be true or authentic.
7. Exceeded - to go beyond a certain limit or level.
8. Turmoil - a state of confusion or disorder.
9. AI (Artificial Intelligence) - the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and learn.
10. Platforms - websites or applications that allow users to interact and share content.
11. Algorithms - a set of rules or instructions followed by a computer to solve a problem or perform a task.
12. Charging - requiring payment for a service or access.
13. Impact - the effect or influence of something on someone or something else.
14. Frustration - a feeling of dissatisfaction or annoyance.
15. Usage - the action or manner of using something.
16. Insert - to put something in a particular place or position.
17. Profitability - the extent to which a company or business earns profit or gains financial success.
18. Transparency - the extent to which something is easily understood or known.
19. Litigation - the process of taking legal action.
20. Chaos - a state of complete disorder or confusion.
Section 2: Important grammars used in the article
1. Present simple tense - used to describe facts or regular actions. Example: "Elon Musk said over the weekend..."
2. Modal verb "will" - used to express future actions or predictions. Example: "Twitter will limit at least temporarily..."
3. Passive voice - used to emphasize the object or receiver of an action. Example: "Verified accounts limited to 10,000 posts per day..."
4. Reported speech - used to report what someone has said. Example: "He claims it's an effort to address extreme levels of data scraping."
5. Noun phrases - used to provide additional information about a noun. Example: "CNN senior media analyst Sarah Fisher joins us..."
6. Comparative adjectives - used to compare two things. Example: "This is gonna have a huge impact on the everyday users experience with Twitter."
7. Modal verb "can" - used to express ability or possibility. Example: "If Elon Musk can figure this out, there's definitely a product case to be made for it being relevant."
8. Present participle - used to describe ongoing or continuous actions. Example: "The algorithm is still sort of promoting and favoring..."
Section 3: Questions based on the article
1. What is the reason behind Twitter's decision to limit the number of posts users can read?
2. How are big AI platforms using data from social media platforms?
3. How is the temporary crackdown on the number of posts affecting advertisers?
Section 4: Example answers for the questions
1. Twitter decided to limit the number of posts users can read in order to address extreme levels of data scraping and to control the access to the platform.
2. Big AI platforms are scraping data from social media platforms to train their algorithms and improve their AI systems.
3. The temporary crackdown on the number of posts is affecting advertisers because it decreases the number of users who can view and engage with their ads, potentially impacting their ad campaigns and reach.
Section 5: Chinese translation of the article
减缓滚动“埃隆·马斯克表示Twitter将限制用户能阅读的帖子数量,至少暂时,以应对极高的数据抓取水平。所以,经过验证的账户每天限制为10000个帖子,未经验证的账户每天限制为1000个帖子。在大量用户抱怨无法或很难访问该网站后,这一消息被披露了。许多人报告说他们超出了帖子限制的消息。那么背后是什么原因?CNN高级媒体分析师Sarah Fisher加入我们,他还是axios的高级媒体记者。Sarah,这是怎么回事?现在他又出什么问题了?埃隆·马斯克的世界里从来都不会无聊,对吧?我觉得这是对许多大型AI平台崛起的回应,这些平台开始从大型社交媒体平台中抓取数据来帮助训练他们的算法。几周前,你看到Reddit说他们将开始要求开发人员为后端访问付费,但他们得到了社区的很多反对意见。似乎埃隆·马斯克正在尝试做类似的事情,但问题是,这会对Twitter的日常用户体验产生巨大影响。昨天你看到一些人在推特上表达了对推特本身的沮丧。具有讽刺意味的是,他们无法获取重要的天气更新、重要新闻和信息,因为他们在查看帖子的数量上受到限制。埃隆·马斯克并没有说这种临时限制会持续多长时间,但我知道它会对广告商造成困扰,因为他们需要有足够的人观看和阅读推文,以便插入他们的广告。从理论上来说,他们对业务至关重要。但是让我们来做一个快速的事实核查。关于他不支付账单的事情,发生了什么?有很多报道,无论是关于一些B2B供应商、许可还是租约,推特都难以支付账单。这是因为推特目前的盈利能力确实面临困难。即使在埃隆·马斯克接手之前,推特在盈利能力方面一直存在问题。但不同的是,他们不是上市公司,不需要公开透明地披露财务状况,即他们的收入和支出情况。所以看起来这家公司正处于一种混乱的状态,努力勉强应付下去,但它不一定以最透明的方式进行。我们不断听到有关他们不支付账单的报道,甚至还有与前员工支付离职费用等方面的诉讼。所以在他们可能扭转局势之前,预计推特将继续处于这种财务混乱之中。但我对此仍持怀疑态度,尽管他们注入了新的首席执行官,但是我依然认为这个平台仍然是一片混乱。好的,Sarah,请和我们一起待会儿。我会把Shelby和Errol带回来。你应该羡慕Sarah没有写这篇Slayers的文章,对吧?我马上就会在那里。我认为我喜欢听Sarah谈论这个问题,是因为我对商业故事很感兴趣,而不仅仅是关注Twitter用户对无法使用推特的愤怒等问题。从商业角度来看,他们引进了Linda Icarino这样的高级主管。Elon Musk就是Elon Musk。这会如何收场?呃,情况不妙。据估计,埃隆·马斯克执掌推特后,该公司的价值损失了三分之二。他以440亿美元的价格购买了推特,而现在仅价值150亿美元。这不是个好兆头,对吧?对,完全正确。问题的关键在于他们停滞不前,而且那些重要的广告商和用户,如美国国家气象局等,都在表示这可能不适合他们。这种算法仍然促进和偏爱某种程度上的愤怒和分歧,这使得对剩下的所有用户来说,用户体验变得更加不愉快。而且,他们付8美元来摆脱这个问题的做法,已经被拒绝了。他们在日常用户中的订阅者数量非常少。从业务角度来看,他们正在崩溃。它有很多潜力,也引起了很多喜爱。在政治层面上,它也是一个很有用的工具。我们即将迎来2024年的大选,难道竞选活动认为他们仍然会继续使用推特吗?是的,我认为是的。我认为,如果只是这种变化,那将是一个巨大的改变,但考虑到埃隆·马斯克已经对平台进行了多次改变,我个人认为,从我自己的观察来看,平台的可靠性有所下降,我很难在上面找到经过验证并经过事实核查、真实可信的新闻。所以从这个意义上说,这对候选人来说不那么重要。例如,唐纳德·特朗普仍然没有加入这个平台。我认为,即使是埃隆·马斯克,他也有更多的理由加入。Sarah,留个时间给你。从商业角度、Linda Yaccarino的角度来看,当你与公司内部的人以及公司外部的分析师交谈时,你是否认为存在一条摆脱这种持续的混乱和崩溃的路径?有一条路径。你会听到内部经常提到的一点是,Linda给公司内部提供了一些指导,其中还有一些很棒的销售人员和工程师,希望能得到一些指导和方向,以及一些确保不会有太大变动的保证。他们希望Linda能带来一些稳定性。但从外部世界,也就是广告商和营销人员的角度来看,我刚刚在一个大型的广告节上与他们共度了一周的美好时光,在那里,你不断听到的是,在政治话语方面,推特仍然是最相关的公共广场。你有Instagram和Facebook的母公司Meta正在试图建立一个竞争对手,还有像Mastodon和Blue Sky这样的新兴竞争对手。但总的来说,推特仍然是世界上最大的公共广场。所以如果埃隆·马斯克能够想出解决办法,可以肯定的是,这个产品还是很有前景的。但老实说,我不确定他是否能够做到,同时也让Linda Yaccarino保持在他的一方,并且她不会过于沮丧而离开。看到这一切发生真是有趣,Sarah,永远感谢你出色的报道,我很感激。