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[-] [email protected] 194 points 11 months ago

All these news about X going to shit feels like that gif of the truck driving towards the pole but constantly cutting before the impact

[-] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I watched two ads just to get rickrolled.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Get Sync for Lemmy. Never get rickrolled again!

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

It still shocks me every time I encounter people browsing the internet without an ad blocker. Just why?

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

How dare you. No, this one. (Really, though. It's been a while and I wanted to see it again, happy to be of service.)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Imagine getting Rick rolled by a fucking bot.

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[-] [email protected] 97 points 11 months ago

Musk has continued to place his personal proclivity for right-wing content and influencers over brand – and really overall user – safety. For example, last month, Musk personally intervened to restore a right-wing influencer's account after they were suspended for posting photos of child exploitation.

Tells you everything you need to know.

[-] nLuLukna 93 points 11 months ago
  1. Buy unprofitable application
  2. Make a series of incredibly shit business decisions
  3. It's now less profitable than before.
  4. ???
  5. ???
  6. Profit
[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hold on, maybe I've figured it out. Endless magical profits, here I come!

Step 4. Be ultra-wealthy. (Bonus for not paying taxes.) Step 5. Do anything. (Bonus for pretending it's profitable.)

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[-] [email protected] 83 points 11 months ago

wow everything is a nazi now including hitler

[-] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

They never give Adolf Hitler credit- he killed Adolf Hitler.

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[-] [email protected] 75 points 11 months ago

I got curious about just how bad said Nazi content is, and managed to find an article with some screenshots: https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/x-suspends-pro-hitler-account-after-brands-paused-ads/

Spoiler: very Nazi.

So it's not just Nazi-compatible ideas. It's straight out Nazi symbolism.

I really don't get these people - even if you believe the Nazis were right, you know they are the most hated historical faction in the world. Wouldn't it be better to advocate their ideas without explicitly associating yourself with them, just to avoid the (completely justified) knee-jerk reaction?

[-] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You're suggesting that Nazi's use their famous critical thinking skills to understand that 99% of the world hates them and their ideology?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

They want the negative reaction. They thrive on being hated. Similar with some of the worst Internet trolls. The hatred validates them.

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[-] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago

Lunatics always show up in my For You feed on Twitter. I always tag the company with a screenshot of the offending content with the advertisement. Lately it’s been weird advertisements. Shitty gambling apps, religious and personal accounts promoting their personal brand. So they likely don’t care.

Also I’ll never call Twitter anything but Twitter.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

I exclusively am subscribed to porn accounts, so I find it super weird when right ring idiots show up in my feed.

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[-] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago

Just love how we all refer to it as "the company formerly known as Twitter"

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago

How to kill a company in 3 easy steps

[-] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

Feels more like a 300 cuts

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[-] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago

Can't see any company, let alone something family friendly being remotely okay with any of this. Who wants to pay to be right next to Nazi content besides maybe MyPillow?

[-] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It’s amazing there are still so many brands and social media strategists who seem in denial about what’s happening even as they watch their customer engagement on Twitter/X evaporate before their very eyes.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

shouldn't have fired the brand safety team

[-] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

I mean, in all reality, this could be why he fired the brand safety team. He's had aspirations of burying himself with X for decades.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

Turns out, money is very much anti-free speech.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

Furthermore, one organization that had ads placed on this content claimed that it wasn't an X advertiser at all. In a statement provided to CNN, University of Maryland’s associate athletic director told the outlet that Maryland Football hasn't run a paid ad campaign on X since 2021.

Interesting snippet. It would be very interesting to know how and why that happened.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

If a small portion of ads keep repeating, it'd show the shallow pool of advertisers left on the website.

That or there's no one at the helm for advertising.

Either way, looks incredibly shabby.

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

That's what happens when you hang out at a Nazi bar...

[-] TacoButtPlug 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yea see... they (corporations) prefer their money is made next to white supremacy less loudly. That's all.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Is this news to anyone? Elon Musk is a literal Nazi. Every dollar going there supports fascism. I don't get how you can have such a high profile person who is like "Hey, I'm a Nazi, and I sell Nazi shit!" and still be surprised.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Any company still advertising on Twitter deserves to be associated with Nazis.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

I'm surprised it took this long.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago
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