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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@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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[-] Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I care just enough to say I don't care.

I was repeatedly called a GPT3 bot on Xitter. This was before it was even public.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

There was a crazy guy on Reddit who was absolutely convinced I was a rogue AI. It was so bizarre.

[-] Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Can you prove you AREN'T a rogue AI? :p

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The best part was, just to see what he would do, I wrote his username and the date and time on a napkin and took a picture of it- blacking out part of my face to limit the doxing- and he claimed it was photoshopped. You can't win against crazy, but I was pretty amused.

[-] Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

He fully embraced a post-truth world! Assume EVERYTHING is a lie

Except the stuff he knows is true of course

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Hmm last time I tried to do that, all I was able to do was show the selection process that required it was flawed and got admin access anyways.

Or maybe whoever was in the terminals was just fucking with me the whole time.

Either way, I'm still not sure I'm a person. Maybe I'm just a meat automation.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

You admit you care, and that's the first step to curing your addiction.

[-] Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Curing my addiction? Hell no, I just substituted it with Mastodon and Lemmy!

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I downvote every article giving him attention

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