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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 178 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Levsgetso@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I watched two ads just to get rickrolled.

[–] ChuckEffingNorris@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get Sync for Lemmy. Never get rickrolled again!

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[–] Womble@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It still shocks me every time I encounter people browsing the internet without an ad blocker. Just why?

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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

This comment made my Internet today. 🏆

[–] vanontom@geddit.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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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[–] knightry@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine getting Rick rolled by a fucking bot.

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[–] Jay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly! That's exactly how it feels!

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 86 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago (7 children)

wow everything is a nazi now including hitler

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They never give Adolf Hitler credit- he killed Adolf Hitler.

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're suggesting that Nazi's use their famous critical thinking skills to understand that 99% of the world hates them and their ideology?

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being evil is one thing, but there is no excuse for being stupid.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

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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[–] ebenixo@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't fucking want them on lemmy either

[–] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The glory of instances. If enough people dont like it, they can just block it!

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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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[–] BroederJakob@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just love how we all refer to it as "the company formerly known as Twitter"

[–] superminerJG@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Feels like "the artist formerly known as Prince"

[–] debil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It may have been implied.

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[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How to kill a company in 3 easy steps

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Feels more like a 300 cuts

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

How to kill a company in 300 easy cuts

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[–] DarkWasp@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Set a filter for capital ' X ' (with a space on either side) as well as ' X.' (left space + period)

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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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[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Just keep calling it Twitter and campaign for other people to do the same.

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[–] match@pawb.social 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shouldn't have fired the brand safety team

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Turns out, money is very much anti-free speech.

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[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

That's what happens when you hang out at a Nazi bar...

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yea see... they (corporations) prefer their money is made next to white supremacy less loudly. That's all.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Any company still advertising on Twitter deserves to be associated with Nazis.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised it took this long.

[–] Arsenal4ever@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

If you're advertising on Twitter in 2023 and your target audience isn't Nazis, what are you doing? 😅

[–] saltedFish@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This comes as no surprise really. I noticed a marked increase in right wing insanity after Elon took over.

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And no one but Musk is the least bit surprised by the catastrophic failure of Twitter.

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