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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://firefish.city/notes/9kjv5pvkwmbqfhin">Christopher Trottier (atomicpoet@firefish.city)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 07:23:21 JST</a><a href="https://firefish.city/@atomicpoet" title="atomicpoet@firefish.city"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Christopher Trottier" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Christopher Trottier</a></section><article><p>X (formerly Twitter) is introducing supposedly unblockable ads. They have also implemented a "feature" where you cannot report these ads. <br><br>Interestingly, X does not reveal the sources behind these ads. According to Mashable, the content being promoted in these ads resembles spam and low-quality "chumbox" advertising. These are usually clickbait ads found at the bottom of posts on content farm sites, as popularized by native ad networks like Taboola.<br><br>It seems that X is resorting to these measures because they are unable to secure premium advertisers.<br><br><a href="https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format">https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2153303#notice-4229245">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-10-08T07:23:21+09:00" title="Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 07:23:21 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://firefish.city/notes/9kjv5pvkwmbqfhin" rel="external" title="Sent from firefish.city via ActivityPub">firefish.city</a></span></span><a href="https://firefish.city/notes/9kjv5pvkwmbqfhin">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: helios-i.mashable.com</div><h5><a href="https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format">X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked</a></h5><div> from <span>Matt Binder</span></div></header><div>The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Christopher Trottier (atomicpoet@firefish.city)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2023 07:23:21 JST Christopher Trottier
X (formerly Twitter) is introducing supposedly unblockable ads. They have also implemented a "feature" where you cannot report these ads.

Interestingly, X does not reveal the sources behind these ads. According to Mashable, the content being promoted in these ads resembles spam and low-quality "chumbox" advertising. These are usually clickbait ads found at the bottom of posts on content farm sites, as popularized by native ad networks like Taboola.

It seems that X is resorting to these measures because they are unable to secure premium advertisers.

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format
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  The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.

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