Experts in social media and advertising say an advertiser exodus has left X reliant on smaller, less reputable ad buyers.
  • X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps.
  • The decline in reputable advertisers on X has made the platform more reliant on less reputable ad buyers.
  • The exodus of advertisers, partially due to Elon Musk’s controversial behavior, has left X with a growing revenue gap.

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  • Max_Power@feddit.deEnglish
    1041·
    10 months ago

    Well he told advertisers to fuck off so they did.

    To me as an average Joe it seems pretty dumb to tell your advertisers to fuck off when they provide a big chunk of your income but hey, I’m not a stable genius billionaire so I just don’t get Elon’s 5D chess moves. Right?

    • Exosus@lemdro.idEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      What’s much more interesting to me is when Facebook and YouTube told advertiser’s to fuck off? Because it’s the exact same type of ads but people pretend they see Disney and coca cola ads on everything except twitter…