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Tesla closes its forums and raises the anger of fans

by Leo Nagano

Tesla has closed its forums to launch a social platform and fans are not happy – TechCrunch

Tesla plans to shut down the forums section on its website as it launches a new social platform called the Tesla Engagement Platform, a move that’s raised the ire of a community of its most ardent supporters. Tesla first announced the new engagement platform with a notice at the top of its fo…

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    One commenter with supposed “inside info” alleged that the forums were closing because Tesla couldn’t afford to hire multiple full-time moderators to keep up with the barrage of spam and trolls that would frequent the threads.

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      they need a @rosiesherry... maybe that's where she's headed... to fix them. lol.

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        🤫 lol

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        You're not supposed to tell anyone @8bit!

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      Cheap ass companies

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    If TSLA has the capability to achieve FSD with AI (as they claim they will shortly) you'd think they'd be able to handle a few forum trolls with AI. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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