The alleged manipulation involved creating an account that exclusively followed a combination of major brands and extremist content, then “endlessly scrolling and refreshing its unrepresentative, hand-selected feed” until it saw a confluence of the two.
No, you’ll constantly see ads from everything. The only limiting factor is that you block the brand’s account. Even then they were discussing the possibility of forbidding the users from blocking ads.
So the manipulation was just… be interested in racist content. Of course this shit is filed in Texas, no other state is dumb enough to give this case daylight.
Bold move to admit that what was reported was both true and an intended way for ads to be served on Xitter.
I know, right?! “The user has to follow our brands and our extremist content!!!”
Wait, you only see ads from major brands if you follow them?
I wish they did this on youtube and every other site on the internet. I would never ever see a single ad.
You’re probably more likely to see ads from brands you follow but there’s no way in hell you get less ads if you follow fewer brands.
No, you’ll constantly see ads from everything. The only limiting factor is that you block the brand’s account. Even then they were discussing the possibility of forbidding the users from blocking ads.
So the manipulation was just… be interested in racist content. Of course this shit is filed in Texas, no other state is dumb enough to give this case daylight.