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Taylor Lorenz Jul 18, 2023

“It sure is funny that the CEO of a business based on serving ads to an audience that is 99.8% non-subscribers is saying that any metrics including those numbers are untrustworthy and shouldn’t be counted! Wonder how the advertisers feel about this!” https://www.zenofdesign.com/in-which-elon-pays-people-to-be-his-friend/

In Which Elon Pays People To Be His Friend – Zen Of Design

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Jeramee Jul 18, 2023

@taylorlorenz
I pay much more attention to the ads now that Elon owns Twitter.

I make a point of going there once a week and criticizing the advertisers for supporting a fash-friendly platform.

I never used to pay attention to the ads before Musk. I guess this is how he does 4D chess and shows us how big-brained he is?

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RodneyPetersonTalentAgency Jul 18, 2023

@Jeramee @taylorlorenz I don’t use that garbage app especially since he made it must have an account to read anything, but I’m guessing the kind of advertisers there now are like those at Fox News - miracle pills, gold scams, end of world suppliers, preachers etc. and the morons Elon appeals to are their only customers, so they don’t care.

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Jeramee

@RodneyPetersonTalent @taylorlorenz

I don't blame you for not using it.

I work in SE Asia, so I see mostly ads from Chinese companies. It seems that they are unaware of Musk's fascist behavior, so I try to help them learn.