Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content
cnn.com
At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism. The issue came less than a week after X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly affirmed the company’s commitment to brand safety for advertisers.
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I'm glad companies are pulling out of X but I've never understood this reasoning for removing your ads tbh.
Every single person who sees your ad knows that it has just been served by the website and has nothing to do with the post/content or author.
Like on youtube, why do companies not wanna advertise on a video with cussing? We all know that the language used in the video has nothing to do with the ad playing before.
Some people just don't want any kind of association with nazis....
It's more surprising some people don't understand that
I think you're overestimating the technical knowledge of a broad portion of the population : D
The iintellect of an average person is horribly low. Critical thinking is almost non-existant.
Association is unavoidable regardless of logic since it is an emotional response. Much like disliking a certain food you associate with a person that was mean to you. Marketing is a Social Science not a Technical one.
Or avoiding a certain food or drink after becoming violently ill after consuming it 😬
Or like when you eat too much chocolate cake.
Or violently shitting yourself after a dumpster burger that still looked decent?
Are we still talking about Elon Musk? Eh, probably.
IDK if you know this but... rarely is it the food, as long as they get it to temp it should be fine (and lets be honest most dumpser burger joints are overcooking their food). Most often its your own hands that are the reason for food poisoning. Think about all the things you touched (your phone?) between the time you washed your hands and the time you touched the food that went into your mouth. Especially with food that you eat with your hands.
It could be the fact that it is a dumpster burger from a dumpster.
I sure it touched stuff that touched phones in there.
I recommend reading "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, which also discusses this topic.
It's a platform that allows and encourages Nazi content. If your ad is getting served next to Nazi content on a website that allows and encourages Nazi content, it stands to reason that you do, in fact, support Nazis because you bought the ad in the first place. Twixxer or whatever tf it's called has undergone a lot of fast changes and sometimes corporations are slow to react so I can give the benefit of the doubt up to a certain point, but at this point we all know that you're supporting right wing terrorists by advertising on Twitter.
Why are you assuming that all people know that?
You massively overestimate the intelligence of the average person. People are stupid AF and they will jump to ANY conclusion.