Wait, you only see ads from major brands if you follow them?
I wish they did this on youtube and every other site on the internet. I would never ever see a single ad.
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AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The alleged manipulation involved creating an account that exclusively followed a combination of major brands and extremist content, then “endlessly scrolling and refreshing its unrepresentative, hand-selected feed” until it saw a confluence of the two.
Vant@lemm.ee 11 months ago
evidences@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
dustyData@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
tory@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Bold move to admit that what was reported was both true and an intended way for ads to be served on Xitter.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know, right?! “The user has to follow our brands and our extremist content!!!”