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X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report (www.theverge.com)
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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 120 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Those ads don't even look like they're useful to anyone, they're like the "He figured out how to download a car. Doctors hate him!" ads from a decade ago

just why

[-] match@pawb.social 67 points 1 year ago

Bots advertising to bots, like Facebook

[-] ken27238@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago

But Elon hates bots! That’s why he bought twitter in the first place!

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago

He hates bots*

*that don't agree with his fascism, or don't make him money

[-] coffee_poops@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Three only people who will pay to advertise to neo-nazis.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The thing is, neo-Nazis are ignorant, so they're exactly the people to advertise your scam to.

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