You’re giving them money and engagement with which to continue. Having your eyes on that content and then returning the next day to see more is explicit approval of that content. And having those ads served to you makes Elon money which he then uses to serve more ads to everyone.
Essentially, visiting X is paying Elon real dollars directly and telling him thank you for the propaganda, may I please have another
Adblocker works on twitter too though, and I don’t really mind Elon profiting from my use of Twitter anyway. People should be compensated for running social media platforms like twitter.
What’s the problem?
The right-wing extremism and misinformation if you were actually wondering
Right, but I don’t see how simply being on the platform makes one part of the problem.
Something something lie down with dogs get, up with fleas something something.
You’re giving them money and engagement with which to continue. Having your eyes on that content and then returning the next day to see more is explicit approval of that content. And having those ads served to you makes Elon money which he then uses to serve more ads to everyone.
Essentially, visiting X is paying Elon real dollars directly and telling him thank you for the propaganda, may I please have another
Adblocker works on twitter too though, and I don’t really mind Elon profiting from my use of Twitter anyway. People should be compensated for running social media platforms like twitter.
Exactly. Don’t use it, let others live.
What? Using twitter causes people to die now?
Don’t use it (if you don’t wanna). Let others live (let others use it if they want to).
Ah, I see. Live and let live.