Experts in social media and advertising say an advertiser exodus has left X reliant on smaller, less reputable ad buyers.
  • X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps.
  • The decline in reputable advertisers on X has made the platform more reliant on less reputable ad buyers.
  • The exodus of advertisers, partially due to Elon Musk’s controversial behavior, has left X with a growing revenue gap.

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  • nomous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s crazy, any time I open it up I see blatantly obvious rightwing trolls or even gore. My feed pre-Elon didn’t look like that, I mostly followed infosec people but they’ve all gone elsewhere and now it seems I’m being served content that baits me into arguing or converts me.