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.
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?)