At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism. The issue came less than a week after X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly affirmed the company’s commitment to brand safety for advertisers.

  • NotAPenguin@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    I’m glad companies are pulling out of X but I’ve never understood this reasoning for removing your ads tbh.

    Every single person who sees your ad knows that it has just been served by the website and has nothing to do with the post/content or author.

    Like on youtube, why do companies not wanna advertise on a video with cussing? We all know that the language used in the video has nothing to do with the ad playing before.

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      3 years ago

      Some people just don’t want any kind of association with nazis…

      It’s more surprising some people don’t understand that

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      3 years ago

      I think you’re overestimating the technical knowledge of a broad portion of the population : D

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          Nazis were very stupid people. Conservatives in Germany in the 30s were appalled at these chicken farmer bumpkins trying to tell them about what true German values were. They oozed of anti-intellectualism and refused to educate or read. Which is how these morons invaded Russia in winter.

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      Association is unavoidable regardless of logic since it is an emotional response. Much like disliking a certain food you associate with a person that was mean to you. Marketing is a Social Science not a Technical one.