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Twitter was pressured by advertisers, but also the US government. I think there isn't too much separate in the US between government and corporations though due to lobbying and probably just outright corruption, people being offered jobs before and after being in government, plus probably just straight out bribes.
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I used to think Brand was pretty intelligent and could be funny, but he went absolutely nuts.
I think this is an old way of looking at it. It is from the days when businesses didn't have an opinion and only cared about their products being seen by as many people as possible.Advertisers love a popular platform that drives views. They don't want one that may advertise their products alongside nut jobs, actual racism etc.
I think this is an old way of looking at it. It is from the days when businesses didn't have an opinion and only cared about their products being seen by as many people as possible.
But we now have evidence that companies don't mind taking massive financial hits by discouraging people who don't agree with their views of the company are not welcome.
So they don't care about losing potential customers.
You still seem to be struggling after all this time and so many posts as to WHY Twitter was pressurised by advertisers.
Advertisers love a popular platform that drives views. They don't want one that may advertise their products alongside nut jobs, actual racism etc.
You should have left it at that to be honest, given the 'rich man good, rich man can do no wrong' drum they keep banging.You still seem to be struggling...
I guess where platforms are largely supported by advertising revenue.I'm always a bit puzzled why a platform like Twitter or YT, etc. would be under pressure from advertisers...
I'm always a bit puzzled why a platform like Twitter or YT, etc. would be under pressure from advertisers it isn't like there is a shortage of large companies wanting to advertise and little has the reach like these platforms. Maybe some are offering significant financial motivation above others though to conform to their expectations.
I agree with most of your post.Yes the world has changed.
My point specifically recognises that.
They do worry about massive financial effects. They don't care about a vocal minority who mistaken think their anti woke (etc) protests make any noticeable difference.
So yes they do care about losing the majority of potential customers, hence why they do not want to be alongside toxic posters.
I think it's very much a case of a certain group seems to think their views are the "silent majority" and are exceptionally vocal about it, when in reality the advertisers know that they are really very much a vocal minority.I'm always a bit puzzled why a platform like Twitter or YT, etc. would be under pressure from advertisers it isn't like there is a shortage of large companies wanting to advertise and little has the reach like these platforms. Maybe some are offering significant financial motivation above others though to conform to their expectations.
I agree with most of your post.
I think now it's more Musk himself is deemed toxic. Which I can understand to a degree as instead of making twitter a neutral place he's pulled it to the right.
I personally think a subscription platform structure is the future of social media. Because then it makes people more individually accountable, as well as not relying on advertisers.
I don't really understand how making money through advertising became the number 1 model. I can understand it with pron as it was always competing against a free market. But when I first started online (in the 90s) most business platforms of any worth were subscription based.
It's like businesses followed the pron model rather than previous business history.
I suspect its pressure is really just the sorts of conversation that take place between large businesses with actual marketing experts who want to manage their profile, and the platform.
Yes there are plenty about, but as we saw Twitter pre Musk could not attract enough revenue from them to break even (all the time).
I am sure they would all have still advertised on Twitter, but then it did need as much revenue as possible.
IMO he is still both those things.
But he has found that peddling CT to nutjobs is very lucrative.
If Russell Brand cared about money he would've sold his soul to Hollywood like a lot of other people did.
He is a multi-multi millionaire.
If Russell Brand cared about money he would've sold his soul to Hollywood like a lot of other people did.
You still seem to be struggling after all this time and so many posts as to WHY Twitter was pressurised by advertisers.
Advertisers love a popular platform that drives views. They don't want one that may advertise their products alongside nut jobs, actual racism etc.
Have you ever actually met anyone with serious wealth?
I haven't met a single one ever who is not motivated by money.
IMO the more you have the more you seem to be motivated by it.
Admittedly all the millionaires and up I have met/know are business related and not media types though.
Yeah, I think you're actually so clueless it would shock you to learn what is considered acceptable or not by the advertisers. Have you ever heard Youtubers speak about their videos being demonetised on Youtube? They aren't demonetised for racism or conspiracy theories, they're demonitised for incredibly obscure things.
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You're talking about violent video games being demonetised from Youtube.
You're talking about profanity that includes words like "hell" and "damn" - sorry, not advertiser friendly.
You are making the naive assumption that the advertisers are reasonable and don't want their adverts shown alongside someone expressing racism, that would be reasonable, except that is absolutely not the case. The advertisers basically want social media platforms to look like the Disney channel because they don't give a **** about anything except their brand image, that is what they're paid to do. I don't think advertisers like that are compatible with social media in the West. I think they're turning us into something like we see in China with the social credit system, which is incidentally also a large profitable growing market for them.
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Here's 2 Youtubers who do a lot of travelling content speaking about their videos being demonetised, I watched this earlier today. Put it at the correct time stamp.
You're not arguing any point here. Why don't you try and actually get to the truth of things instead of trying to win an argument?