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Situation critical.

Freepers, perhaps you should consider subscribing.

I'm on the Premium+ plan if we all did that it would help.

1 posted on 12/01/2023 2:02:38 PM PST by RandFan
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I agree, they shouldn’t advertise on X where they get billions of views, they should advertise on CNN where they get 700,000 views. Dumb SOBs


2 posted on 12/01/2023 2:05:27 PM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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The all-woke are out to destroy Elon and anything anti-woke.


3 posted on 12/01/2023 2:05:33 PM PST by George from New England
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I canceled my Walmart+ membership today. I will not support the companies that boycott X.


4 posted on 12/01/2023 2:05:37 PM PST by Dacula
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I’d like a list off all the quit X so I know who to boycott.


5 posted on 12/01/2023 2:06:16 PM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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When they need something he has they’ll come running back. Like global internet access, or space launches.


6 posted on 12/01/2023 2:06:29 PM PST by bigbob
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Ebiquity, Abydos Media, Mercer Island Group?

Maybe I am just out of touch, but I never heard of these people.

Is this just taking comments from some unknowns that push the narrative, and pretending it is a wide-held belief?

7 posted on 12/01/2023 2:07:27 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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Doubt “X” is dependent on the hypocritical advertisers. Probably turn out to be the other way around.


8 posted on 12/01/2023 2:07:55 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Disney will be back in a month or so after the hostile takeover concludes and Bob Iger gets kicked to the curb.


9 posted on 12/01/2023 2:07:57 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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They’ll return when the deep-state political campaign against X and Musk is over and the coast is clear for them.


11 posted on 12/01/2023 2:08:58 PM PST by PGR88
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If Musk isn’t worried about this why should anyone else be?


12 posted on 12/01/2023 2:10:37 PM PST by DarrellZero
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This will get fun as the abandoning advertisers will now find their other ads amplified on Twitter where they won’t be able to respond. Imagine thousands of individuals screenshotting Apple of IBM or Microsoft ads flanked by anti-Semitic, sexist or racist posts. Perhaps even thousands of individuals will create phantom accounts as eneMediaMatters did in order to facilitate those screenshots.


15 posted on 12/01/2023 2:12:35 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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They’ll come crawling back.


17 posted on 12/01/2023 2:12:41 PM PST by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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This will be an interesting experiment. Will the companies that stop advertising on X see any drop in sales? If not, will they cut back their advertising on social media generally?

I’ve never consciously bought anything because of advertising on social media. I’ve clicked through sometimes to look, but I’ve never bought. Purchases are always done by searching once I’ve decided to buy something.

Maybe most people impulse buy stuff because of social media ads, but I’m skeptical as to how well it works.


19 posted on 12/01/2023 2:16:41 PM PST by FarCenter
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I’m not sure of Musk’s plan by telling advertisers to f-off, but if Musk does want Twitter to continue, he certainly has the wealth to keep it alive for decades (providing, of course, that he cashes out of Tesla).


20 posted on 12/01/2023 2:21:10 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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Everything in this post is a demonstration of Alinsky Rule No. 1:

“Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”

It’s designed to make people believe that millions of advertisers are fleeing Twitter, and it’s complete BS. (See Alinsky Rule # 1)

IOW, this is deep state propaganda. Dismiss it because millions of advertisers are NOT leaving Twitter.

Deal with it, you fascist corporate suck-ups.


24 posted on 12/01/2023 2:29:47 PM PST by sergeantdave (AI is the next iteration of a copy and paste machine.)
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Boycotting Musk and X won't work because advertisers go where the prospective customers are. If a company refuses to advertise to prospective customers at X, they can be sure someone else will fill their spot.

Musk knows this.

Advertising dollars are like water. They will fill every crack and crevice.

Musk just improved his brand (and that of X) big time by taking a stand against those companies trying to intimidate him.

And Disney...who dat?

25 posted on 12/01/2023 2:31:17 PM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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Well the answer is to boycott the scumbag companies.


26 posted on 12/01/2023 2:37:41 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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Elon is a master at endeavors that can obtain government funds.

Outside of such he’s not able to do much.


27 posted on 12/01/2023 2:43:05 PM PST by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve The bad guys are willing to protest and riot while we email.)
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The temporary or permanent pause in advertising on X shows the adaptability of businesses in responding to evolving circumstances. In a free market, companies must navigate and adapt to the changing landscape, and the decisions made by advertisers reflect their assessments of risks.

In the end, the market will determine the outcome.


29 posted on 12/01/2023 2:48:06 PM PST by Round Earther
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I do not post on X. I do not have an account. I have never seen an advertisment on X. I go there following links about something that interests me. Usually something on FR. Furthermore I could care less who advertises there. What is the big deal? Why boycott someone that doesnt advertise on X. I guess some people just dont have better things to do than to be upset over a business decision.


30 posted on 12/01/2023 2:58:45 PM PST by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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