They pulled ads back in October, according to their statement in the article, so it seems to me like this is more a sign of how big companies are no longer seeing X as being worth the money to advertise there.
And it has literally nothing to do with ethics and is profit driven. The entire point of advertising is to make money.
And the fact that they did this in October and no one noticed until now says they made the right choice. They weren’t getting enough eyes on their ads anymore and quietly dropped them.
I bet a lot of the companies that dropped advertising on X were already planning to do so before Elon opened his big mouth.
Is this like the opposite of “go woke go broke”? It sure seems like you lose more money being a hate monger as a public company, or maybe that’s just Musk?
Has there been any analysis on what impact Musk’s clear attempt to sabotage Twitter has on electorate engagement in elections?
Because here’s my thought: X is becoming a right-wing extremist echo-chamber. A safe space for bigotry. So while reasonable eyes leave, the mold festers largely unchecked.
So going to past elections, was Twitter a greater driver for turning out Democratic voters, or Republican ones? I am genuinely curious.
I feel like that’s what’s happened with school boards and other such. The reasonable people who used to be in charge were badgered until they gave up in disgust and now all the fuckfaces took over.
The exact same strategy has been and continues to be at play with election officials at every level of government. So many election workers have been harassed so much that especially in lieu of the pay and lack of security they don’t consider it worth it. So then naturally the nazis fill these spots.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the MAGA Wal Mart boycott plays out.
How evil do you have to be to be too evil for Walmart?
Walmart does what is good for walmart profits.
Having walmart adds placed next to Nazi shit is not good for walmart profits. (and then the public finding out, which is the real problem)
So walmart pulls adds from twitter.
Lmao, oh, my, no… this isn’t a moral stance they’re taking… hehehe… oh, sigh…
No, they’re protecting their profits. At least some of their customers object and it might effect Walmart’s bottom line, so that’s why they’re pulling their ads. They don’t give a shit about the content on Twitter, or they would have stopped advertising there long ago.
I bet it’s more like peer pressure. If everybody else is doing it then they feel they should too to avoid backlash. They don’t care about musky’s rants or how right wing xitter has become.
“I don’t want them to advertise,” Musk said at the New York Times DealBook Summit in New York. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money go fk yourself. Go. Fk. Yourself,” he said.
Some people think being wealthy proves that a person is smarter than everyone else or has some special skill that makes them more valuable to society. Then there’s the richest man in the world who thinks it’s a good idea to curse out his company’s primary source of revenue.
