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   Micah Lee (micahflee@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 14:27:20 JST Micah Lee

   When you search for “mastodon” in the iPhone App Store, the top result is an ad for Truth Social #enshittification

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 14:27:20 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • かき@GNUsocialJP

     @micahflee It's a shame there is seemingly nothing you can do as the app owner to stop this. Maybe buying your own ad for your own keyword, but we don't have money to spend on that.

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     Nick Yorke (nickyorke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 21:36:35 JST Nick Yorke

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @micahflee

     >> Maybe buying your own ad for your own keyword, but we don't have money to spend on that.

     Based on Truth Social's financials and stock prices they might not have the money for that soon either. 🙂

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     Cluster Fcku (clusterfcku@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 23:33:46 JST Cluster Fcku

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @micahflee you could view this incident as a PR opportunity, and write about it in the blogosphere, in terms of ethics, capitalism, post-twitterism, enshittification, and all what attracts Target Mastodon users. This would work as a positive story about Mastodon because the user bases are

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     ≠ (amerika@annihilation.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 05:37:30 JST ≠

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     @micahflee
     
     I got banned from Truth Social. Fuck them, but #Trump2024!
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