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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 2 years ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] arc@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I still use Twitter but I have no idea what the quality of ads is like since they're long blocked. I could well imagine that there is some absolute bottom of the barrel garbage and scams a plenty.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

That's what happens when you cater to a bunch of right-wing extremists and literally tell mainstream advertisers to fuck off.

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Hail adblock!

[–] stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago

SUCH GUD BIZNESS MAN

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

And it's only a matter of time until those AI undressing app get banned by law. Good.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didnt Netflix just start doing ads on there again?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hadn't heard that, do you have a source?

I'd be pretty surprised if most didn't start their ad buys again. Even if it's lower volume (and at discounts). As soon as everyone stops focusing on these things (after a month or whatever) things tend to go back to business as usual.

The article indicates they haven't yet, though.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Wish I could cancel our Netflix subscription for a second time, but fortunately/unfortunately we stopped giving them money when they announced they would fuck around with accounts shared within a family. Eat shit, Netflix

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Too bad, so sad

[–] BeardedSingleMalt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh no. Anyways...

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't with this guy anymore, I just can't.

[–] Haha@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

We don’t have to

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I have very little doubt that in the mind of Elon Musk the people who after all this are still using X-Twitter are lusers.

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