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X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI "undressing" apps.
  • The decline in reputable advertisers on X has made the platform more reliant on less reputable ad buyers.
  • The exodus of advertisers, partially due to Elon Musk's controversial behavior, has left X with a growing revenue gap.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Since when do "high quality ads" exist? I mean, the mentioning of "low quality ads" implies that those others might actually exist.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

Probably meaning ads for real products and travels etc.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

As a current Twitter user I would say there's actually a large void between normal ads and whatever the hell I'm getting served on that platform these days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Thai and Japanese TV ads are quite something else

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

loong man

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Hell yes time for another compilation video.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

JFC, talk about blast from the past. this is all I will hear for the rest of the day now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

There's low quality ads, shit tier ads and then there's whatever Muskyboi is attracting these days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is the last ad that had me paying full attention when it first came on. It was ran during the football finals season and they made two cuts, one for NRL and one for AFL. https://youtu.be/gbMeKMkE_mk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's all relative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Those YT "in video ads" on Internet Comment Etiquette is about as high quality as you can make it. I wouldn't want to skip Erik selling Nord VPN, Raycon, Nobleberry, or anything else he wants to make an ad for.