There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

lookorex ,

Something, something, free market something

cmrn ,

So let me get this straight…

  1. buy a platform
  2. ruin it and push away advertisers
  3. tell them you don’t need them and they should go fuck themselves
  4. sue them for leaving

…?

modifier ,

'5. Colonize Mars

darki ,

By this next next year… Definitely within the next 1000 months

thefartographer ,

“Why did people stop paying me for services I no longer provide!?”

  • Some guy who burnt down his house and then yelled at Air BnB users for cancelling their bookings
SkavarSharraddas ,

What a silly weirdo.

NotMyOldRedditName ,

Didn’t he sue another company that did tests on the site to see if ads would show up beside hateful content, which showed they would, and that case ended up being dismissed?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Suing former advertisers may possibly not be the best way to get other advertisers to come to your platform.

HKT3020 ,

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HKT3020 ,

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mercano ,
@mercano@lemmy.world avatar

Musk is suing under antitrust laws. I’m not sure they work that way. Antitrust laws prevent producers from consolidating and exploiting consumers. However, when it comes to advertising placements, the companies are consumers, not producers, and I don’t think a consumer advocacy group (which the World Federation of Advertisers functions as in this regard) is illegal.

I don’t know, I am not a lawyer, but it seems like Twitter is grasping at straws here.

jumperalex ,

I know right? I mean if they colluded to lower advertising prices through collective agreement that would be something. Especially if they had an internal forcing mechanism to ensure compliance.

But um, they set out voluntary guidelines they suggested everyone follow to protect each member’s own best interests, and decided to spend zero dollars to buy nothing, which is a far far cry from trying to spend zero dollars to buy something.

What an ultra-maroon.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Let’s also note that at any other time, Musk would be railing against antitrust laws.

RestrictedAccount ,

The interesting thing is that it means he is desperate enough to try something that makes him look this stupid

Anybody with Elon Musk centric stocks needs to sell them quickly

Passerby6497 ,

Man who told advertisers to go fuck themselves sues advertisers for not spending money on his platform.

I’m sure this will be sure to bring in tons of advertising dollars to Der Xitter.

bender223 ,

I ain’t no genius, but maybe the advertisers are busy fucking themselves as per Elon’s suggestion. 🤷‍♂️

Etterra ,

The duden must have a fetish for doomed lawsuits.

Rayspekt ,

Courtroom BDSM fetish

fenwickrysen ,

Did you hear about the jurisprudence fetishist who got off in court?

(… I’ll see myself out.)

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Free market gets sued for practising freedom

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