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Regardless, but these advertisers are starting(or already?) to act as a political party and try to use that in a political manner, twitter been and will always

Regardless, but these advertisers are starting(or already?) to act as a political party and try to use that in a political manner, twitter been and will always be a space for controversial political opinions, and as long as the platform doesn’t promote something illegal like drug dealing and such, it shouldn’t be a problem, in fact, other social media like instagram already have a big problem of illegal activities like drug dealing or human/minor trafficking and I don’t see advertisers have any problem with that..

davidw 3y ago
> twitter been and will always be a space for controversial political opinions, At a certain point, Twitter kicked out a bunch of the white supremacist types. He invited them back on and then boosted their messages on several occasions. I bet if advertising was successful on the platform, a lot of advertisers would have very quietly resumed after things blew over, because most corporations care more about making money than making statements. But I don't think he's helping and perhaps advertising wasn't working out that well there anyway.
- foresttony 3y ago
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  - davidw 3y ago
    This documents a number that were allowed to return: https://newrepublic.com/post/170176/twitter-suspends-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes https://newrepublic.com/post/170176/twitter-suspends-white-s... Here's the owner of that site boosting some ugly stuff: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-tweet-the-actual-truth.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-...
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longbrass 3y ago
If X isn't worth Tesla's advertising strategy, it's unclear what value the app holds for other companies. If the CEO of Yelp tried this, everyone would rightly call it extortion... which is something they have had to counter: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/is-yelp-an-extortion-racket/346166/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/is-yelp... When the carnival barker stands in the center ring and claims those not in attendance are political or unbelievers, it ceases to be fun and no longer resembles a carnival.

davidw 3y ago

> twitter been and will always be a space for controversial political opinions, At a certain point, Twitter kicked out a bunch of the white supremacist types. He invited them back on and then boosted their messages on several occasions. I bet if advertising was successful on the platform, a lot of advertisers would have very quietly resumed after things blew over, because most corporations care more about making money than making statements. But I don't think he's helping and perhaps advertising wasn't working out that well there anyway.

foresttony 3y ago
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- davidw 3y ago
  This documents a number that were allowed to return: https://newrepublic.com/post/170176/twitter-suspends-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes https://newrepublic.com/post/170176/twitter-suspends-white-s... Here's the owner of that site boosting some ugly stuff: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-tweet-the-actual-truth.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-...
  - foresttony 3y ago
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longbrass 3y ago

If X isn't worth Tesla's advertising strategy, it's unclear what value the app holds for other companies. If the CEO of Yelp tried this, everyone would rightly call it extortion... which is something they have had to counter: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/is-yelp-an-extortion-racket/346166/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/is-yelp... When the carnival barker stands in the center ring and claims those not in attendance are political or unbelievers, it ceases to be fun and no longer resembles a carnival.