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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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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago

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

[-] stratosfear 12 points 10 months ago

SUCH GUD BIZNESS MAN

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

Didnt Netflix just start doing ads on there again?

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-resumes-advertising-x-elon-musk-controversy/

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

Too bad, so sad

[-] BeardedSingleMalt@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Oh no. Anyways...

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

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

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

We don’t have to

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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months 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.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

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

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 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.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

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.

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