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X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation to c/[email protected]
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  • X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI "undressing" apps.
  • The decline in reputable advertisers on X has made the platform more reliant on less reputable ad buyers.
  • The exodus of advertisers, partially due to Elon Musk's controversial behavior, has left X with a growing revenue gap.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One perspective on this might be that Elon and friends have successfully identified a set of dubious advertisers and hate-tolerant userbase.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Who wouldn't want to corner a user base like that? Used to have to become a priest to have people hooked so thoroughly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Another perspective would consider that Dime Store Alex Jones probably has a much smaller marketing budget than, say, Disney.

Elon has cultivated a hate-tolerant user base, and has found himself with the kind of advertisers that user base gets you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well ya, that's the standard explanation, and probably the most likely to be right.

I like to wonder if there might be other explanations, or even multiple explanations. You've heard I'm sure of the quote like "never attribute to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity"? I have my own version of that that goes something like this:

Never attribute an act to stupidity when a clear pattern of malice is apparent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The malice, in this case, is the deliberate cultivation of a hate-tolerant audience. Let's not forget that Elon got into this mess because of a stupid game of chicken he decided to play with Twitter's board in order to convince them to let him say transphobic slurs on the platform (imagine hating your daughter that much?)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Such a pathetic sad hateful stupid person he is.