X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst

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X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst
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  • 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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Since when do "high quality ads" exist? I mean, the mentioning of "low quality ads" implies that those others might actually exist.

Probably meaning ads for real products and travels etc.

As a current Twitter user I would say there's actually a large void between normal ads and whatever the hell I'm getting served on that platform these days.

There's low quality ads, shit tier ads and then there's whatever Muskyboi is attracting these days.

This is the last ad that had me paying full attention when it first came on. It was ran during the football finals season and they made two cuts, one for NRL and one for AFL. https://youtu.be/gbMeKMkE_mk

Those YT "in video ads" on Internet Comment Etiquette is about as high quality as you can make it. I wouldn't want to skip Erik selling Nord VPN, Raycon, Nobleberry, or anything else he wants to make an ad for.

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