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Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing | Media Matters for America

www.mediamatters.org Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing

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And Reddit is doing the same shit. Idk why they think it’s a good idea to give people monetary incentive to be batshit crazy
- Because it makes them money. See, monolithic companies don't care about anything other than money and pleasing shareholders. The only way they will ever care about real life issues is if/when they transform into loss of revenue or pressure from their board of directors.
  
  Shareholders can be batshitcrazy too. X/Twitter has been in decline for a while. It's true they could be leeching money from the he far right but I highly doubt so.
- TBH it's not just reddit or social media: Internet's per-view ad revenue is exactly what ruined traditional newspapers (ok, some where shit to begin with)
This post that's trending RN is pretty much the entire end game for social media, and why independent platforms like Lemmy, which is literally a bunch of people Kazaaing the shit out of reddit, is important.

Federation has a lot of flaws, and is not imue to somethings that are inherent to social media, like shilling or the exploitation of user info, but hell, at least it offers somewhat genuine interactions amongst users.
- Oh joy, now that nazbol meme has made its way into comment sections.
  
  You're surpised a prolific shitlord like myself snagged that one for future use?
That's who Elon wants on his side, so I'm not sure why this is even news.
- Tbh at this point I'm convinced articles like this are just life support trying to claw back as many Musk dick riders back into normies.
  
  It's good work, and I think it should be done, but yeah, this is exactly what a sane person would expect to see given all the context.
  
  It's not news to most, but to the audience that I think this sort of thing is going after, it genuinely might be news to them.
  
  Not that this article alone would get anyone to drop their fanboy bs, but it seems like it's intended to be a tool to facilitate that. As for why it's here specifically in world news, probably in case anyone wants to use it as a facilitation tool for anyone in their lives. Can't use what you don't know exists and all that lol
- Yeah pretty much, this isn't accomplishing anything. Anyone who still can't see the fascist empire for what it is at this point will never see it.
  
  Elon Musk is still a mixed bag in the broader public. There is still a lot of messaging to get out there and that will help people realize what he is. Not everyone is as terminally online as we are lol
What's the point of being "pro-Hitler"? the fucker is dead. And has been for ages. He's not taking back the power. I would understand "Hitler-sympathizer", but being pro-Hitler? You're a century late, buddy.
- Substitute Hitler for a religious figure. Yes, I know, religious figures at least have mythology surrounding them to explain why they're still relevant. Anyone could just make that up about Hitler too though.
- What's the difference between a pro- and a -sympathizer?
  
  I guess it's a subtle difference. Perhaps it's just something that I think, and I'm not a native English speaker. It just sounds weird to me. being anti-Hitler would also be weird. He's already gone. Being pro-nazi or anti-nazi would make more sense(in my head)
- We need to get this guy on a plane to Ukraine to spread this message.
Simply put: Sharing ad revenue with users is just a phase in what remains an inherently flawed business model.
I honestly say this with all seriousness. Go listen to the latest JRE podcast with Joe Rogan for a masterclass in cognitive dissonance. It is something that should be meme material like nothing else.

These two fucking guys spend the podcast droning on about how twitter was evil and social media was bad because it was controlled by the left. So he had to buy it and force it to change so it was more like what he wanted it to be. It is the funniest yet cringiest thing have I've listened too lately.

Listening to a billionaire factory owner talk about how he's saving the world with a multimillionaire C podcaster is something to witness first hand.
- I think I'll jam a cactus into my urethra instead, thanks
  
  Weird but okay
  
  Its worth listening to because the reasoning and justification is just so strange and yet they have the power and wealth to affect a lot of day to day life regardless if you're ignoring it or not.
  
  Its only going to get worse because guys like Joe and elon can amass huge amounts of wealth easier than ever since our entertainment is such a stupidly dumb yet powerful industry. They then use to make everything how they want it to be.
- I don't need to give Rogan a view to know that he's a piece of shit.
- I listened to JRE regularly between 2019 until his sellout move from Youtube to Spotify in 2020.
  
  The really sad thing about Joe is that you could tell he had (maybe deep down, still has, maybe?) a more reasonable side to his temperament. Some of his political sensibilities were decidedly liberal, even though he is mostly associated with being batshit insane these days and/or as a puppet mouthpiece of the right.
  
  I guess $200,000,000 can really change a guy.
So much for “speech not reach”. Fucking insanity
Stalin come back.

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