This scam site is just advertised there. Ads have nothing to do with free speech. This is more about bad (or inexistent) QA on the ads.
Also let’s stop repeating the claim that Twitter has “free speech“. You can’t criticize Elon there, or post the location of his jet. “Free speech” is just a thin veiled lie to excuse their bringing in extremists like Alex Jones or Trump.
Its wild to see the community notes under most of the ads warning of scams. I've see debates break out in the comment thread under the ads about just what kind of scam it is.
Ads are still UGC, it just costs more to post and guarantees views (at least for now, until everyone leaves). Seeing ads as magically separate is to not understand Twitter’s business model.
So “QA” on ads is still moderation and, if you like, can be called “censorship”. Interestingly, under Musk Twitter still moderates ads more strictly than tweets.
The bar has been dropping, since it’s either QA and almost no ads or profit, or this kind of shady ads and at least some profit. Original Twitter in this situation was burning money by not showing ads at all while working hard on publicity and reputation to attract the big advertisers and become a sustainable business. Now the new guy comes says he will stop them burning money… and basically nukes the business model.
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This scam site is just advertised there. Ads have nothing to do with free speech. This is more about bad (or inexistent) QA on the ads.
Also let’s stop repeating the claim that Twitter has “free speech“. You can’t criticize Elon there, or post the location of his jet. “Free speech” is just a thin veiled lie to excuse their bringing in extremists like Alex Jones or Trump.
Its wild to see the community notes under most of the ads warning of scams. I've see debates break out in the comment thread under the ads about just what kind of scam it is.
Ads are still UGC, it just costs more to post and guarantees views (at least for now, until everyone leaves). Seeing ads as magically separate is to not understand Twitter’s business model.
So “QA” on ads is still moderation and, if you like, can be called “censorship”. Interestingly, under Musk Twitter still moderates ads more strictly than tweets.
The bar has been dropping, since it’s either QA and almost no ads or profit, or this kind of shady ads and at least some profit. Original Twitter in this situation was burning money by not showing ads at all while working hard on publicity and reputation to attract the big advertisers and become a sustainable business. Now the new guy comes says he will stop them burning money… and basically nukes the business model.
That's the joke; I guess it went over your head.