Technology

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/26/23808331/twitter-x-ads-advertising-incentives-verification-brands

another change to Twitter’s ad policy. Starting August 7th, advertisers that haven’t reached certain spending thresholds will lose their official brand account verification. According to emails obtained by the WSJ, brands need to have spent at least $1,000 on ads within the prior 30 days or $6,000 in the previous 180 days to retain the gold checkmark identifying that the account belongs to a verified brand.

If only containing Elon Musk and his immature drivel to a single location was as easy in real life...

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I haven't seen official sourcing on it yet but apparently a QAnon guy got suspended for posting notoriously bad child sexual abuse materials and then Musk reinstated the account. I'm frankly afraid to look it up because I don't want to see the materials. https://twitter.com/faineg/status/1684329030500098048?t=747mnnSVncGD8OBd0Vhddg&s=19

I'm cool with this, I don't need these articles telling me about musk/zucc/spez running the old platforms into the ground anymore. It's stuck in the past and ragebait. I think it's best to look forward. Walking away from old platforms completely means not letting them live rent-free in our heads anymore.

It would be nice if we could filter out items by regex or something so people that don't want to see Elon/twitter whatever can just blacklist certain terms. Then the megathread wouldn't really be needed of the value is just to declutter the feed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html?unlocked_article_code=QwNKy2ucSzh2k2pDXa6wN9eHL73soABdXg8X40EsDrUL4luNxtOaZzQNTPMjdnOu2CeNgjLwODB510Vmo54nGs0i3MVlwHqM3yuCmz08jUcIB6PKfS3HruTCKXkHn_C-0ThKe7Tt69HWZ5sC2ABrPn2czq9I9rVQtI8XZaG-h9V1wsX_TaetzaNgjpRHT6lKicqfMkhiMhAJVmQza02u_iu4-tMiT8zISA9FQAUGIIJlMlBuQVI6riVjMEn6qSIF1Qr6Zdyw9OIInMbDyodqxq4J7-2Kb8geRTq9bT4jSZ8aSMfzb9FfMFQSC93PCYSAA0XZ3sHuRtLzqxlgRbuqBub_6A

I just went on twitter today and saw the change. X? What is that man's obsession with the letter X? Half of his kids are named X-something, his newest scheme is called x.ai or something? I swear to god he's an android or something.

X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-suspends-pro-nazi-account-after-two-brands-halt-advertising/

Musk, like Trump, is a narcist who loves to see himself in the news. Like a toddler deprived of parental love, he, like Trump, will frequently "act out" by saying outrageous things on social media to get any kind of attention from people.

Musk only cares about leaving his mark on the world, to gain immortality. He would prefer to be loved for eternity, but if he can't, then being hated for eternity is an acceptable second prize. This is why he started off talking big about taking humanity to Mars, but now spouts right-wing hate.