cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18147280
X, the social media platform owned by Trump megadonor Elon Musk, is promoting Trump campaign-curated content to all U.S. users, regardless of whether they have opted out of Trump-related content.
On the platform formerly known as Twitter, banner ads for the Trump campaign donning the #Trump2024 tag appear for all U.S. users, even those who’ve blocked words, topics, and hashtags related to the candidate or his campaign or muted the advertiser.
Additionally, the #MAGA tag displays an edited image of the former president from his attempted assassination and the #Trump2024 hashtag displays an American flag.
It is unclear whether the Trump campaign paid for the images on the #Trump2024 and #MAGA tags, though an advertisement for the tag on the site’s trending page reads “Promoted by Team Trump.” As Mashable noted, it is the first time the platform has enabled the image feature to promote a specific political candidate.
Clicking the Trump2024 tag also prompts American flag graphics to flood the screen.
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Remember, if you use xshitter in any way, even to follow your favorite progressive celebrities and complain about the platform and write mean tweets about Elon, you are validating the platform. You are putting money in his pocket so that he can continue to donate $45 million per month to conservative superPACs.
Buying or owning Tesla, or using his bullshit is supporting Trump.
Yup. I call Tesla’s “Muskmobiles” and have a lot of contempt for the people driving them. I assume these people are Trumpers.
If people don’t want this association, then replace the logo or sell the thing.
I assume these people are Trumpers.
That’s a pretty bad assumption.
I do not have a Tesla but I am considering buying an EV. Teslas are the best EV, especially now that the self driving stuff works. Elon is the only thing steering me elsewhere.
Also, imagine buying one a few years ago and wanting to make the decision based on the technology or the environment. These people make a huge investment, possibly even with good intentions, and buying a new car is not cheap. Cut them a break.
The self driving works? I’m not sure I believe it.
People post YouTube content for every new build. It has gotten very good over the last year or so, even in cities. It still needs a bit of work but appears to drive almost human.
Just a few days ago, it was shown that Tesla’s FSD is being specially trained on influencer’s routes to make it appear better in their videos and experience, without them even knowing.
Got a source on that? Not challenging the claim, just really interested to learn more about it.
Edit: NVM, after some googling I was able to find it.
For anyone else who is interested; https://electrek.co/2024/07/09/tesla-insiders-say-elon-optimized-full-self-driving-routes-for-himself-influencers/
Interesting, I had not heard that, I just found the videos impressive.
Do you regularly bet your life on YouTube videos?
I have gotten similar responses about the quality of FSD from multiple people, even got the one from you that you have since deleted. Are you really this unoriginal and self important?
I’ve been hearing they have shitty build quality and just recently read that the autopilot took someone down train tracks.
You’re being downvoted but you are indeed correct on both points.
No need to worry about my score on this one, lol. Tesla is not popular on Lemmy, no doubt it’ll swing positive eventually.
IMO for legitimate reasons other than Elon being a sack of garbage. Like you pay, what is it, $10k for a self-driving license that is not transferable and also doesn’t do what they promised? Doors are full electronic for some reason, but in a power loss emergency you can hopefully remember where the manual handle is and still get out (albeit shattering the window in the process). Somehow all repairs are wildly expensive because of reasons.
(Am I misremembering that it gets automatic remote updates and some have prevented people from using their cars for a while?)
Rivian is releasing the R2 in 2026 if you can wait. I want to buy an EV as my next vehicle, but it won’t be a Tesla.
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Wouldn’t this be a great opportunity to flood that hashtag with content that talks about project 2025? Or the Epstein list?
I wouldn’t be surprised if melon husk added a filter for those terms.
You know he has, or at least will eventually, if he’s dumb enough to be a failure at PsyOps 101… which wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
He’s already deboosting pro-Ukrainian sources, so I wouldn’t be surprised…
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
Twitter was never perfect but at one point you could have reasonable back and forths about articles under the posts of the authors who wrote it, who also would chime in occasionally.
I very much believe muskrat buying it made the whole site less intelligent which is honestly a feat in and of itself. It’s not lost on me a place where you could directly and reliably contact journalists as an individual is now an arm of right wing propaganda.
And nothing you say gets seen unless you buy a fucking checkmark off of Musk
All twitter users are Musk’s army, even if they don’t think so.
So glad I use Lemmy and not Twitter
I’m continuously glad that I got out of Twitter the day Elon took over.
This is election interference.
How so? It’s a private Nazi website.
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Nah, you’re forgetting how fucked the US is.
Citizen’s United mean it’s absolutely fine for billionaires to spend as much money as they like supporting geriatric fascists, providing they don’t ask the fascists how they’d like the money spent.
Providing Elon keeps going off half-cocked and making decisions on his own and isn’t following instructions from the trump campaign this is all perfectly legal.
And even if he is acting on orders, how could you ever prove it?
Elon Musk is a rich industrialist wanting to install a guy that would serve his interests.
Twitter is for chumps. I blocked it on my home network along with all the other trash. PFBlocker is great.
If you keep using the shitter site, don’t be surprised if you get shit sprayed all over you.
I have never heard anything good about Twitter. Just the format of following people instead of topics seems like a narcissistic’s dream.
People used it when they shouldn’t have before Elon and people will continue now.
Some just like shitty systems I guess.
Not a good decision from Elon.
#Trump2024 tag appear for all U.S. users
Hahaha! They could have left Xshitter when it was time.
They can still leave Usa while there is time.
Time to leave USA for what? Going to another garbage state that’s also doomed?
They won’t let you out of the land of the free? ;-)
