Elon Musk's X pushes Trump tags on all U.S. users
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The platform prevents users from blocking or muting the tags, which inorganically appear atop the trending page

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.

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Lets all remember the following tweet by Elon

    Guys you are all too left, calm down a bit please.

    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      This is true though. 1992 Bill Clinton would be a republican today. Biden supported a 1994 crime bill that is considered racist today. Obama didn’t support gay marriage in 2008. Now liberals are fighting for sex change treatments for children. People 30 years ago would consider such an idea a grotesque absurdity.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Most republicans prior to Reagan are more like today’s liberals. They did things like make national parks, codify civil rights, and invest in social programs. Today’s liberals are trying to do what those republicans did - save natural lands, implement social programs, and enhance rights for people.

        That said, just because a liberal does some things a conservative might approve of doesn’t make them a Republican, nor would the inverse be true.

      • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        It is true. And that’s OK. Failure to change with the times and to learn from scientific advancements and social improvements is a conservative trait.

        You are accurate, but it begs the question: Is not changing your opinions with time and new info a respectable way to live your life? Will you be on the right side of history? Who knows? But I feel like giving people more options is more often better than the alternative.

        • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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          5 months ago

          Failure to change with the times and to learn from scientific advancements and social improvements is a conservative trait.

          Literally lolled at this. This post is in response to a “far right” Elon Musk who owns the first company to ever fire a rocket into space, retrieve and reuse it. I’m sure he’s just taking credit for all the bleeding heart liberal geniuses working under him.

          Is not changing your opinions with time and new info a respectable way to live your life?

          🥱 Wow way to load your rebuttal to make yourself seem so erudite and above it all. The reality is that a ton of the “new info” turns out to be proven false or even to be outright lies. The reality is that you should be incredibly suspicious of “new info” because chances are it hasn’t been properly vetted and could be driven by an agenda similar to how companies fund research to prove their desired conclusions.

          • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Hey I was trying to say your point was valid but I guess you’d rather be told to go fuck yourself? /shrug

      • pyre@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        maybe we should all ask our ancestors what they think about our society. you know 80 years ago people wouldn’t be so keen on integration so much, maybe we should give this whole “having black people freely move around” a second thought, what do you think?

        also you’re massively misunderstanding the whole political spectrum but i don’t have the energy. I’ll just suffice to say liberals are not and have never been left wing. left has gained some traction in recent years but that’s not about liberals. also for every inch the democrats have moved to the left, republicans have moved a mile to the right. the Overton window has shifted, but not to the left overall.

        • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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          5 months ago

          you’re massively misunderstanding the whole political spectrum but i don’t have the energy

          I understand that politics is multi-faceted however the chart I responded to is 2D.

          maybe we should give this whole “having black people freely move around” a second thought, what do you think?

          Because that’s what I’m saying 🙄 Calling someone a racist or a nazi for not hating all of human history is a low-tier cop out but go ahead and take your upvotes.

          liberals are not and have never been left wing

          Remember I responded to a meme chart

          Also for every inch the democrats have moved to the left, republicans have moved a mile to the right

          Literally just an opinion.

      • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Ah remember the days when you could be left and still donate to an immigrant hating, sexist and racist billionaire? Those were the good days.