X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film
Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the "What's happening?" sidebar. As part of a "timeline takeover" -- which gives
Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”
Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.
We've got it blocked at our router. The DNS server just responds with no such address.
I'm sure there's an addon for Firefox if you're really inclined.
Man, musk really fucking hates his daughter
I just realized I had no clue what her assigned gender was. Probably says something about the media I consume.
Don't worry, it's completely acceptable that you neither know about nor care about a billionaire's daughter.
This is a good time to remind people one of his kids is trans. What utter garbage he's turned out to be.
One of his dozen kids with a dozen different women is trans and wouldn't come out to him because he's a piece of shit. He called her a communist and blamed schools.
Despite pushback from some users
Well there's your problem. You're still using the fascist platform.
Any active user who "pushes back" in an attempt to "fix" the fascist platform is either delusional or being disingenuous. There's no fixing it, guys. Just walk away.
Imo the best pushback is to leave and make twitter irrelevant
Boycotts can work. Leave, and let people know why you're leaving. (The second part is important!)
Yep. I could see people sticking around if there were not viable alternatives. And while those alternatives have indeed been around for a good while, they are very available now. There’s really no excuse now.
Now, while I do think Mastodon is the better platform, I’m curious to see how BlueSky affects Twitter’s user base once it comes out of its “beta”. For all of its faults, it does have the smallest learning curve - if really any at all - when comparing it to Twitter.
Can we please just stop talking about the clown in command, and his dogshit bigoted platform?
I'm sure if we ignore him, he'll just go away. That's how this works, right?
And also can we not mention the things they want mentioned on the internet?
Let’s spread the hashtag to multiple websites… that’ll prevent it from trending!
Downvote Musk spam.
The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.
If I was still on kbin, I'd boost this.
Followers and online friends are very important to some people, but at what point do remaining Twitter users give up?
I understand there are some pathetic individuals who agree with Musk. I’m not talking about them. I mean the ones who should know better, but haven’t left yet.
What does it take for people to realize “I’m helping an utterly wretched man keep his business alive?” Don’t they realize they’re burning their all-important reputations by staying? Is it worth it to them? Why?
I wish people (especially just regular ol’ people, not big names) realized that if they started using Mastodon or BlueSky their engagement would go up tremendously. I’ve had full blown huge threads with all sorts of people on both platforms, even when I had literally just made my account.
On Twitter you’re lucky to even get a like on a post unless it’s some hot take on a political topic.
I’m helping an utterly wretched man keep his business alive
every business basically
Detransition is the equivalent of people who decided they actually aren’t gay. It’s rare enough to not make policies or be an ass about it, it’s super rare for it to go all the way to straight/cis and instead is typically “actually it turns out I’m bi/nonbinary”, and there’s a group actively funded and encouraged by the right wing, many of whom later retransition. It is a real phenomenon, but so is quicksand, both of which turned out to be less common in real life than certain media would have you believe
It’s also sadly common for folks to detransition because of hostility and a lack of support. Hard to afford hormones if you can’t get a job because you’re trans.
Very true. And it’s easy to decide that physical safety is more valuable at the moment than self fulfillment.
Twitter already sucked in its own ways, but X-formerly-known-as-twitter is so utter shit I have a hard time imagining people browsing and enjoying it.
Great "technology" article.
Social Media isn't technology?
Knowing Elon, I am not surprised.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
PragerU, which is not a university, aims to “preserve American ideals.” The organization has been criticized for doubting climate change and downplaying the realities of slavery.
“PragerU has chosen X/Twitter specifically for this campaign, as it is one of the least censored social media platforms,” the organization wrote in a press release.
PragerU calls the short documentary its “most important” video yet, but extensive research shows that detransitioning is incredibly uncommon.
In spite of research indicating that these procedures are often life-saving and rarely result in regret, right-wing figures continue to drum up panic around gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ people.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the company will be profitable by 2024, but other evidence shows that the platform’s advertising business continues to suffer.
As recently as this week, Musk has posted that he believes the word “cis” is a “heterosexual slur,” a personal position that reflects changes made to the company’s content moderation policies under his leadership.
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If you're still on Xitter you are supporting this.
XTwitter has a sidebar? :P
PragerU vs trans bitching ... choose your punishment ...
Reeeeee!
The film purports to feature young people who sought gender affirming care, but now regret doing so.
This isn't anti-trans
It's Prager U, it's absolutely anti-trans.
Out of context, on its own, it wouldn't be. But if you look at who is pushing it, that changes the picture.
If a known anti-trans person pushes the media so hard, you can be certain it is anti-trans.
Consider the source
If you look into the detransitioner movement, it is indeed anti-trans.