Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or may do so, after Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
  • Xtremis77@lemmy.world
    69·
    11 months ago

    Let it burn, it’s a cesspit of trash and toxic stuff. I hope Musk takes a big dent and humbles up, but I doubt it…

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
      105·
      11 months ago

      Nah. It’ll all be the fault of left wing gay Jewish globalist radicals. The funny thing is that this dude is actually pretty intelligent (despite everything you hear) and yet he seems to genuinely believe this kind of bullshit. Just what you get from huffing your own farts too much.

  • joneskind@lemmy.world
    41·
    11 months ago

    I was about to say $75 Million is not a big deal for a billion dollars company, but:

    “X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after its owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory this month.”

    $75 Million over one an half month is a much more significant number. Let’s hope those company stick to their position and let that thing die.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    213·
    11 months ago

    Why is anyone even still using Xitter at all? Those that still do are part of the problem and have no real excuse for supporting the Nazi site.

    • Illegal_Prime@dmv.socialEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Momentum. Plenty of communities on a variety of subjects use twitter as their primary forum, and once something is standard, it’s difficult to change. In my (limited) twitter experience it’s also not too difficult to isolate yourself from a lot of the shit and just follow people who you’re interested in.

      It’s still fit for purpose for specific communities of people. And moving to a new platform can cause a lot of problems - tell me with a straight face that Lemmy has reached the same levels of engagement, variety, and diversity that Reddit had.

  • Hairyblue@kbin.social
    181·
    11 months ago

    He must have fired the people who would have told him “no” to bad ideas he has about the bussiness of X. NO ADVERTISERS want their ads next to Nazi and Republican post.

    Elon was born rich and I’m sure he wouldn’t be were he is now if he wasn’t–like a lot of the “selfmade” rich people. (cough) Trump (cough)

    • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      11 months ago

      conservatives don’t bring money like these rainbow capitalists do

  • nucleative@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    11 months ago

    Elon pays a high price each time he taps that “Post” button. But he seems like a guy who’s happy to YOLO most of his actions.

    The man seemingly has access to infinite cash reserves, so formerly known as Twitter won’t stop working until he’s bored of it. The comments wondering why it’s not dead yet seem worn out by now.

    Finally, the non-stop flow of articles and posts about the site prove its reach still punches way above it’s weight class.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        121·
        11 months ago

        He seems to spend most of his time angry that people with other opinions exist.

        • interceder270@lemmy.world
          91·
          11 months ago

          He stirs up controversy because he’s a brand and every time the news talks about him is free advertising for that brand.

          Trump does it. West does it. He’s cut from the exact same cloth of grifters.

      • nucleative@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        He definitely has more problems than most people in general, problems that would terrify a lot of regular souls. But he’s also got a lot of help with those. Maybe it evens out.

        I’m sure he’s biting his nails about those criticisms while he’s heliskiing in Telluride or crossing the Atlantic in his G6.

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Anyone tried squaker yet? Its on fdroid. Browse twitter without the shitty app but tbh its dead af. I deleted sqauker after few days of use.