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Elon Musk's X pushes Trump tags on all US users (www.salon.com)

submitted 3 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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X, the social media platform owned by Trump megadonor Elon Musk, is promoting Trump campaign-curated content to all U.S. users, regardless of whether they have opted out of Trump-related content.

On the platform formerly known as Twitter, banner ads for the Trump campaign donning the #Trump2024 tag appear for all U.S. users, even those who’ve blocked words, topics, and hashtags related to the candidate or his campaign or muted the advertiser.

Additionally, the #MAGA tag displays an edited image of the former president from his attempted assassination and the #Trump2024 hashtag displays an American flag.

It is unclear whether the Trump campaign paid for the images on the #Trump2024 and #MAGA tags, though an advertisement for the tag on the site’s trending page reads “Promoted by Team Trump.” As Mashable noted, it is the first time the platform has enabled the image feature to promote a specific political candidate.

Clicking the Trump2024 tag also prompts American flag graphics to flood the screen.

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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

I have never heard anything good about Twitter. Just the format of following people instead of topics seems like a narcissistic’s dream.

People used it when they shouldn’t have before Elon and people will continue now.

Some just like shitty systems I guess.

[-] Sk1ll_Issue@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

I've never had a twitter account. Finally got around to making a Mastodon account and I have no f'ing clue what to do with it.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Same. Made it last week and went. Huh. And bailed back to lemmy. I prefer this type of UI

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