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Ricardo Salinas currently has a million followers on Twitter.
Twitter currently has more than 400 million users globally.
According to ranking According to Forbes, the owner of TV Azteca is the third richest man in Mexico.
Through his Twitter account, businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego shared the message he received from an account with the name of Elon Musk, in which they asked him for help to “save” Twitter, but… what is it about?
In the wide range of social networks, Twitter has earned a privileged place: it is definitely not the most used by Internet users, since it barely exceeds 400 million users globally, according to Data Report.
And it is that, today, the popularity of the social network now owned by Elon Musk is not the same as in its beginnings, in 2006, when, together with Facebook, it started the revolution that, these days, is in one of its most important points.
Once the purchase is finally made official, Musk began making several changes, firing the CEO and CFOand reportedly planning to cut 25 percent of the workforce.
In other words, these last few days have been filled with various controversies for Twitter, a social network that has become a real discussion forum that never rests; Today, the digital conversation in the little bird’s social network is of great relevance not only for the digital community, but also for the brands that, in fact, are already delving into it to develop their own marketing strategies. marketing digital.
In this context, reality dictates that Twitter is a space that is used for discussion, where personalities that can be classified as opinion leaders join the debates every day.
What Twitter is, in short, is a forum where politicians, businessmen and another range of personalities who, in one way or another, have an influence on important decisions in countries.
A recent study of Euclidean Distance Analysis Group reveals which are the journalists who, in Mexico, have a greater dominance on Twitter, with Carlos Loret de Mola, Héctor de Mauleón, Chumel Torres, Epigmenio Ibarra, Carmen Aristegui and Joaquín López-Dóriga being the main journalists who dominate Twitter in the country.
Elon Musk “seeks” Ricardo Salinas to “save” Twitter
However, Twitter is also the social network where businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego, owner of TV Azteca, has been able to position his personal brand.
On the other hand, Salinas Pliego is one of the richest businessmen in Mexico, who, according to ranking of Forbes magazine, it is located in the third positionbelow Carlos Slim and Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, with an estimated fortune of 12.4 billion dollars.
Recently, through his Twitter account, Ricardo Salinas shared the message he received from an account that bears the name of Elon Musk, in which they asked him for help to “save” Twitter.
They won’t believe me?
Is it fraud or should I give you my card number? ??? pic.twitter.com/HqlAkfd8zG
– Don Ricardo Salinas Pliego (@RicardoBSalinas) November 5, 2022
Of course, everything indicates that it is one of the many scams that happen on social networks, from which even Salinas Pliego himself cannot escape.
Nowadays, the risks of falling for scams are also increasing. A report published by the BBC points out that, since the beginning of the pandemic, IT security experts around the world have recorded a dramatic increase in all kinds of cyberattacks.