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X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
submitted 10 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

This is a good time to remind people one of his kids is trans. What utter garbage he's turned out to be.

[–] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We've got it blocked at our router. The DNS server just responds with no such address.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hijacking twitter DNS queries and redirecting to a page that only serves images of cats.

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Or e621. Means there's basically Twitter, without hate.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can we please just stop talking about the clown in command, and his dogshit bigoted platform?

[–] hiddenSin@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And how is this even about technology anymore?

[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It never was.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Seriously though, are there any better tech communities here?

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Despite pushback from some users

Well there's your problem. You're still using the fascist platform.

Any active user who "pushes back" in an attempt to "fix" the fascist platform is either delusional or being disingenuous. There's no fixing it, guys. Just walk away.

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Imo the best pushback is to leave and make twitter irrelevant

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Twitter already sucked in its own ways, but X-formerly-known-as-twitter is so utter shit I have a hard time imagining people browsing and enjoying it.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

X-formerly-known-as-twitter

I've also heard people call it "Twitter, desperately trying to be known as X".