All these news about X going to shit feels like that gif of the truck driving towards the pole but constantly cutting before the impact
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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This one?
I watched two ads just to get rickrolled.
It still shocks me every time I encounter people browsing the internet without an ad blocker. Just why?
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This comment made my Internet today. 🏆
How dare you. No, this one. (Really, though. It's been a while and I wanted to see it again, happy to be of service.)
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Exactly! That's exactly how it feels!
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Musk has continued to place his personal proclivity for right-wing content and influencers over brand – and really overall user – safety. For example, last month, Musk personally intervened to restore a right-wing influencer's account after they were suspended for posting photos of child exploitation.
Tells you everything you need to know.
I got curious about just how bad said Nazi content is, and managed to find an article with some screenshots: https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/x-suspends-pro-hitler-account-after-brands-paused-ads/
Spoiler: very Nazi.
So it's not just Nazi-compatible ideas. It's straight out Nazi symbolism.
I really don't get these people - even if you believe the Nazis were right, you know they are the most hated historical faction in the world. Wouldn't it be better to advocate their ideas without explicitly associating yourself with them, just to avoid the (completely justified) knee-jerk reaction?
You're suggesting that Nazi's use their famous critical thinking skills to understand that 99% of the world hates them and their ideology?
They want the negative reaction. They thrive on being hated. Similar with some of the worst Internet trolls. The hatred validates them.
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We don't fucking want them on lemmy either
The glory of instances. If enough people dont like it, they can just block it!
It's a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it's easy to block out communities with racist, homophobic, and xenophobic views. On the other hand, it allows communities like that to become echo chambers and freely further their abhorrent ideals completely unchecked.
I don't think the ban hammer is the most effective method of shutting down nazi shit, but it's a hell of a lot better than shutting it out of sight and trying to forget about it.
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Just love how we all refer to it as "the company formerly known as Twitter"
Feels like "the artist formerly known as Prince"
It may have been implied.
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How to kill a company in 3 easy steps
Feels more like a 300 cuts
How to kill a company in 300 easy cuts
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Can't see any company, let alone something family friendly being remotely okay with any of this. Who wants to pay to be right next to Nazi content besides maybe MyPillow?
It’s amazing there are still so many brands and social media strategists who seem in denial about what’s happening even as they watch their customer engagement on Twitter/X evaporate before their very eyes.
I wish they hadn't change the name. It was much easier to keep bullshit I do not care about out of my newsfeed when it was called twitter.
Set a filter for capital ' X ' (with a space on either side) as well as ' X.' (left space + period)
Eh, it's not that simple... There's a windowing system on Linux, and an old punk band from LA, and a whole generation...
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Just keep calling it Twitter and campaign for other people to do the same.
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shouldn't have fired the brand safety team
I mean, in all reality, this could be why he fired the brand safety team. He's had aspirations of burying himself with X for decades.
That's what happens when you hang out at a Nazi bar...
Yea see... they (corporations) prefer their money is made next to white supremacy less loudly. That's all.
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Any company still advertising on Twitter deserves to be associated with Nazis.
I'm surprised it took this long.
If you're advertising on Twitter in 2023 and your target audience isn't Nazis, what are you doing? 😅
This comes as no surprise really. I noticed a marked increase in right wing insanity after Elon took over.
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And no one but Musk is the least bit surprised by the catastrophic failure of Twitter.
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