Daring FireballX Rolls Out New ‘Chumbox’ Ad Format — Post-Like Things That Can’t Be Reported or Blocked
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/10/06/x-chumbox
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/10/06/x-chumbox
Glenn Fleishman@daringfireball From Dickbar to Chumbox, a history of shittification
Em McDonald 🏳️⚧️@glennf @daringfireball I can’t believe there really was a time when the Dickbar was the most obnoxious thing on the web. Halcyon days.
Todd Unctious@daringfireball I'm officially out of there now. Couldn't have happened soon enough 👍🏻
Joe Beam@daringfireball
No one has an excuse to still be on X(twitter). Apple?
The news media should no longer consider it a credible source.
No one has an excuse to still be on X(twitter). Apple?
The news media should no longer consider it a credible source.
FreediverX
Bill, organizer of stuff@daringfireball There couldn't possibly be a way to make this backfire, could there? 🤔
Dogzilla@wcbdata @daringfireball I mean, isn’t this the backfire?
Reay Jespersen@daringfireball Why THE FUCK is anyone still there?
Months ago that place should’ve been a big empty space where Elon’s echo would’ve been the only thing keeping him company.
cpragman@daringfireball when will pundits stop giving them oxygen? If they can’t be taken seriously anymore, why keep talking about
them?
them?
djw@cpragman @daringfireball Would rather see them talked about and have the folks still there get a steady stream of reminders why they shouldn't be.
Same reason people need to talk about Ramaswamy - both the candidate and the social platform are significant threats to small-d democracy, and to everything America has always stood for.
Sean@_ @cpragman @daringfireball exactly this. Also Twitter is still the most frequented micro blogging website, so of course it’s still news.
Siff@daringfireball Propping users eyes with match sticks is the next step! “An amazing new advertising approach, X doesn’t want you to know!” 🤬
dmitriid@daringfireball This partly explains why they removed link titles
a Witty Name
Julian Gamble@daringfireball you need to reference Hugh’s Law