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X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7435108

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

X (formerly Twitter; pronounced "ten") seems to have no floor in how low they'll go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pronounced “ten”

Is this real? Is his child whose name is also X pronounced that way? Dude needs to stop naming things that you can’t pronounce by reading them.

also did he bother to change the verb tweet? Or is the brand change as half assed as he is?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Officially, probably not. But it would get under Elongated Muskrat's skin so much if "ten" gained popularity over the "ex".com he has been trying (and failing) his whole life to popularize.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Is it related to the six text editor?