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Elon Musk pushed back on advertisers boycotting X over antisemitism and other hate speech on the platform formerly known as Twitter during the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday.

What he's saying: "If somebody's gonna try to blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f**k yourself." Musk said. "Don't advertise."

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Too bad badassery… doesn’t pay the bills, eh?

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Can I have a hotdog and a coke? That will be 2 badasses please.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He can always switch to less-savory advertisers.

This isn't about keeping the lights on (paying the bills), it's about maximizing profit. As always.

True, he cannot make as much profit with Oni-hole ads than Coca-cola ads, but it won't matter as far as keeping twitter operational is concerned.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twitter wasn’t profitable before he bought it. Loosing ad revenue makes it even less profitable; he’s actively losing money and, to be perfectly blunt, hurts him far more than any insult I could conceive.

[–] Faildini@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Sure, but don't let that stop you from insulting him. The activity is its own reward.