this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Bold move to admit that what was reported was both true and an intended way for ads to be served on Xitter.
I know, right?! "The user has to follow our brands and our extremist content!!!!"
You're probably more likely to see ads from brands you follow but there's no way in hell you get less ads if you follow fewer brands.
No, you'll constantly see ads from everything. The only limiting factor is that you block the brand's account. Even then they were discussing the possibility of forbidding the users from blocking ads.
So the manipulation was just... be interested in racist content. Of course this shit is filed in Texas, no other state is dumb enough to give this case daylight.