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submitted 7 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world

Elon Musk pushed back on advertisers boycotting X over antisemitism and other hate speech on the platform formerly known as Twitter during the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday.

What he's saying: "If somebody's gonna try to blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f**k yourself." Musk said. "Don't advertise."

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[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

Oops I killed the nerve center of American journalism that constantly reported on my repeated business failure, legal and ethical malfeasance, sexual misadventures, and despicable origin.

Whoops.

[-] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

Pretty expensive, ineffective way to go about it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Lazy journalism maybe. Ooh a tweet let me barf out three paragraphs about it all done journalism’s fun!

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

I'm sure that will help

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Of note: At one point, he also looked out at the audience and said "Hey Bob, if you're in the audience," presumably in reference to Disney CEO Bob Iger who spoke on stage earlier. "That's how I feel, don't advertise," he added.

FFS. Tesla, SpaceX - what are you doing? Eject this chud now.

[-] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

the business genius, everyone!

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Why would they go fuck themselves when they could fuck with your ad revenue instead? 🤡

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[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Ahh, the negotiator

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

That’s how a genius does business, folks.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

I'm convinced the reason Musk rebranded away from Twitter is so that they can sell off the brand name when the business inevitably folds.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

Since many. many people still call it twitter, he is still killing the brand name. Google tried to rebrand as alphabet and FB as Meta but everyone still knows them as goofle and fb.

If/When the business folds I feel the office furniture will be worth more than the Twitter brand.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Goofle has really been going downhill lately

[-] Iunnrais@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

I feel like meta is slowly succeeding at getting people to call them meta when not referring directly to the Facebook website specifically. Like for their idiotic VR initiative and whatnot. Slowly. And it helps that it’s in the context on non-Facebook-the-website activities.

Twitter has no such advantage.

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[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

How you gonna make money though Elon? Or is Twitter suddenly a non profit business.

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[-] kpw@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I actually believe him that he doesn't care about the money. He cares about his image and his ego when Twitter inevitably fails as a business.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Showed them!

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago
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