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mrmanager@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report

www.theverge.com

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X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report

www.theverge.com

mrmanager@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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The ads look like regular posts at first glance.
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    Those ads don’t even look like they’re useful to anyone, they’re like the “He figured out how to download a car. Doctors hate him!” ads from a decade ago

    just why

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      Bots advertising to bots, like Facebook

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        But Elon hates bots! That’s why he bought twitter in the first place!

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          He hates bots*

          *that don’t agree with his fascism, or don’t make him money

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        deleted by creator

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      Three only people who will pay to advertise to neo-nazis.

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        The thing is, neo-Nazis are ignorant, so they’re exactly the people to advertise your scam to.

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      Maybe it’s a kind of dummy content for the test phase? Pretty sure too many people blocked ads and this is their solution

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