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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)
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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Who wouldn't want to corner a user base like that? Used to have to become a priest to have people hooked so thoroughly.
Another perspective would consider that Dime Store Alex Jones probably has a much smaller marketing budget than, say, Disney.
Elon has cultivated a hate-tolerant user base, and has found himself with the kind of advertisers that user base gets you.
The malice, in this case, is the deliberate cultivation of a hate-tolerant audience. Let's not forget that Elon got into this mess because of a stupid game of chicken he decided to play with Twitter's board in order to convince them to let him say transphobic slurs on the platform (imagine hating your daughter that much?)