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Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value (fortune.com)

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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Do it. I haven't seen this play out in the recent past, and I'm sure moving from text content to video content to chase advertising has never gone wrong for anyone ever.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

See Cracked.com's "pivot to video"

Also collegehumor.com

I really miss funny websites that didn't have videos. I kind of hate online video content that isn't YouTube tutorials or gifs less than 10 seconds

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

See Cracked.com's "pivot to video"

Also collegehumor.com

I've been in a coma the last decade, those went well, right? It wasn't something where the whole market would just :Dropout or something, right?

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