• X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps.
  • The decline in reputable advertisers on X has made the platform more reliant on less reputable ad buyers.
  • The exodus of advertisers, partially due to Elon Musk’s controversial behavior, has left X with a growing revenue gap.

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  • @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    11011 months ago

    404 Media report[ed] last month that ads promoting “semen stealing” were showing up on the site.

    Wait what now

    • flicker
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      2211 months ago

      I wanted to see what kind of ads that might actually be since I have zero concept. I do not recommend typing “semen stealing” into Google innocently and hoping for an answer.

      I’m going to have some weird ads now…

      • @wahming
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        2011 months ago

        And yet you didn’t share the info with us? Shame on you

        • flicker
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          211 months ago

          You’re welcome to weird up your ads, also.

        • @wikibot@lemmy.worldB
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          511 months ago

          Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

          Forced fatherhood or imposed paternity, occurs when a man’s semen is used, against his will or without his knowledge or consent, to inseminate a woman, it includes deception by a partner about their ability to get pregnant or use of contraceptives, birth control sabotage, and sexual assaults of males that result in pregnancy. “Sperm theft” (also known as “unauthorized use of sperm”, “spermjacking” or “spurgling” (a portmanteau of sperm and burgling), refers to a specific form of forced fatherhood where a males semen is collected without his consent. Although the term uses the word “theft”, it more closely falls under a state of fraud or breach of contract. Stealing of sperm in itself without using it for successful insemination is not illegal and is difficult to prove. It usually has no bearing on issues like child support.

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        • flicker
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          111 months ago

          I saw… that. But what could someone advertise about it! And that’s a curiosity those links don’t answer…

          • @wahming
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            111 months ago

            I like how you’re just adbaiting us at this point

    • @chuck@lemmy.ca
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      1711 months ago

      Yea this guy is the hero of the thread, I would have just not bothered with the article if it wasn’t for you pointing that line out