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X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)

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Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”

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[-] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call the possibly intentional destruction of a social media infrastructure "social media trends and events."

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