Fast Eddie B
Philosopher
Good idea. And noted.
As much as I dislike Musk, this sort of black and white view of things is patently absurd. Pro tip it is decidedly not. And I'd be quite surprised if an excellent poster like Fast Eddie is as you describe.
Fast Eddie B
Philosopher
Thank you for that! I am not worthy!
I am a fan of Musk, but I’m not blind to his numerous shortcomings.
Back on topic, I’m curious as to the mechanism whereby certain ads are repeated ad nauseum in my Twitter feed. Here’s today’s:
It has repeated at least 20 times so far today. Yesterday or the day before it was some tinnitus cure being hawked. I block the poster each and every time I see it, to no avail.
Do people just retweet these with some reward being expected or realized? Or is something else going on.
Going with the obvious, this advertiser has somehow paid an extra booty licking or something to make him unblockable.
It never an accidental thing you can't get rid of something on a site you use for "free".
(hint, YOU are the product musk is selling to the remaining advertisers)
If none of this bothers you , you're golden. I found a way to block google ads for the most part be disabling s part of Google play. Thus I have no issues with Google anymore. Network tv is the bane of my existence by ten minutes of some half-assed show and 15 minutes of ads, especially in politics season. So many potential Jesus replacements trying to tell us how honest and dedicated they are to us the public.
It never an accidental thing you can't get rid of something on a site you use for "free".
(hint, YOU are the product musk is selling to the remaining advertisers)
If none of this bothers you , you're golden. I found a way to block google ads for the most part be disabling s part of Google play. Thus I have no issues with Google anymore. Network tv is the bane of my existence by ten minutes of some half-assed show and 15 minutes of ads, especially in politics season. So many potential Jesus replacements trying to tell us how honest and dedicated they are to us the public.
Checkmite
Skepticifimisticalationist
It is a combination, I think, of Musk having removed the ability to actually block ads, combined with a dearth of advertisers leaving little choice for the "ad algorithm" insofar as what is available to push to you based on your history or whatever it takes into account.
tyr_13
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Musk has demanded that the President of Ukraine explain why a US citizen is being 'held captive' in Ukraine after Tucker Carlson ran a 'story' about it (as in; lied his ass off).
The man, a Youtuber named Lira, is being held for violating Ukrainian laws then trying to flee while on bail.
Not mentioned in that article, but mentioned in the Community Notes under Musk's demands, is that Lira exposed the locations of western journalists and Ukrainian soldiers including their faces.
Musk has responded to this...by claiming that the Community Note is being gamed by state actors and pretending it was a 'honeypot' to trap them. He's had a problem with notes for a while, because they generally don't bend to his right-wing, pro-Russian, or anti-reality stances.
His support of right wing fake news is dangerous as they seek to destroy all sources of information they don't control. It was nice while it lasted Community Notes, the GOP will be claiming you were under the control of Jews or Ukraine or the DNC or Nazis or all at once any day now.
The man, a Youtuber named Lira, is being held for violating Ukrainian laws then trying to flee while on bail.
Not mentioned in that article, but mentioned in the Community Notes under Musk's demands, is that Lira exposed the locations of western journalists and Ukrainian soldiers including their faces.
Musk has responded to this...by claiming that the Community Note is being gamed by state actors and pretending it was a 'honeypot' to trap them. He's had a problem with notes for a while, because they generally don't bend to his right-wing, pro-Russian, or anti-reality stances.
His support of right wing fake news is dangerous as they seek to destroy all sources of information they don't control. It was nice while it lasted Community Notes, the GOP will be claiming you were under the control of Jews or Ukraine or the DNC or Nazis or all at once any day now.
Fast Eddie B
Philosopher
I’m fed up with Twitter. The ads repeating ad nauseum. Musk allowing Alex Jones back on. Increasingly right-wing posts. Constant new followers that appear to be bots*.
I tried going cold turkey once before, but now it’s time to try harder. I’ve replaced Twitter with Post in my split view with Safari. I’ve found many of the folks I followed on Twitter are on Post, and I’ll gradually shape my experience by judiciously following like-minded folks.
I’ll let you know if I succeed this time.
I think Musk squandering multiple billions on this fiasco is going to go down in history as one of the worst business decisions ever.
*Or shapely, largely oriental, model types just find a 74-year-old married white male from Tennessee simply irresistible!
I tried going cold turkey once before, but now it’s time to try harder. I’ve replaced Twitter with Post in my split view with Safari. I’ve found many of the folks I followed on Twitter are on Post, and I’ll gradually shape my experience by judiciously following like-minded folks.
I’ll let you know if I succeed this time.
I think Musk squandering multiple billions on this fiasco is going to go down in history as one of the worst business decisions ever.
*Or shapely, largely oriental, model types just find a 74-year-old married white male from Tennessee simply irresistible!
angrysoba
Philosophile
I just assume that this is a result of having so few advertisers left. It can't be long before you start seeing ivermectin cocktails to heal your vaccine injuries.
Does ad blocker work on that platform?
Yep, I ditched Twitter earlier this year and can't say I miss it. There are some people whose content I liked, but I tend to find that I can get that elsewhere, usually through their podcasts or articles in which a more considered and less on the fly version appears.
angrysoba
Philosophile
Indeed. I have also been quite happy to put the boot in where Musk is concerned, particularly his pandering to edgelords and right-wing lunatics and boosting crackpot conspiracy theories with a dash of anti-semitism, but some of the criticism just goes off the rails when it is claimed that he was just some rich guy who could have easily accidentally made a success on the back of his slaves at SpaceX and Tesla. As I have said, I could even go as far as saying he is a con artist, but if so, he must at the very least have skills there, but some of his critics insist he is not even very good at that.
dirtywick
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while he does own several very successful companies, and you can't really deny that or take that away from him, everything he and some other prominent successful businessmen have said and done makes you wonder how good you have to be to do that. there's definitely an element of being in the right place at the right time, just plain old being lucky.
just saying, i think there was a time when everyone kind of assumed it would take a great mind to build these futuristic cutting edge companies like he has. now that he's kind of allowed the world access to it, well, i don't really think that anymore.
just saying, i think there was a time when everyone kind of assumed it would take a great mind to build these futuristic cutting edge companies like he has. now that he's kind of allowed the world access to it, well, i don't really think that anymore.
jeremyp
Philosopher
It’s a phenomenon not restricted to Twitter. I watched a four hour video last week on YouTube (hbomberguy’s plagiarism exposé) and the same Pizza Hut advert played about every ten minutes.
angrysoba
Philosophile
*cough*AdBlock*cough*
angrysoba
Philosophile
Remember that when Musk initially refused to bring Jones back on the platform it was because apparently his first-born had died in his arms and now he's obviously over that. Not only that, but he's then having a Chat with him immeditately after bringing him back, along with a bunch of other edgelords like Andrew Tate, Matt Gaetz and Vivek Ramaswamy. This may have been on the back of some Tucker Carlson interview in which Carlson was gullibly passing off Jones as some kind of prophet for having predicted that Osama bin Laden would be blamed for the 9/11 before it happened.
What a bunch of cretins!
What a bunch of cretins!
YouTube premium as well.
angrysoba
Philosophile
angrysoba
Philosophile
One thing that I admit is a little amusing is that Elon Musk blocked Bret Weinstein, presumably because he was constantly badgering him to amplify his posts. Weinstein assumed there were "Gremlins" in the software throttling his reach because, well, what other explanation could there be for his posts not going instantly viral?
Gulliver Foyle
Philosopher
With somebody who lies as frequently as Musk, and who also manages to change his stories almost as frequently, it is very good advice to treat everything he says as a lie. The few times he'll tell you the truth will be very infrequent and will only concern trivial matters.