Volkswagen says all brands have halted paid activities on Twitter

Re:Volkswagen says all brands have halted paid activities on... by iceburgcrm on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @06:15PM (#33725742)

As a user I welcome the removal of brand advertising. Smaller companies offering products can introduce you to products you might never have seen. Seeing Volkswagen spend 50,000 on an ad telling me how edgy they are creates a toxic fake plastic world that I hope they keep to themselves.

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Re:Volkswagen says all brands have halted paid activities on... by bmarquez on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @07:01PM (#33726129)

Same here. Looking at a list of companies who have paused advertising on Twitter; I have zero interest in many of them. Like the California Lottery or DirecTV.

While I dislike advertising in general, if I have to see ads I hope it's an opportunity for smaller businesses to promote actually useful products for me.

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Re:Volkswagen says all brands have halted paid activities on... by KptMarchewa on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @09:25PM (#33727203)

You won't get "small business ads" anyway, just rock bottom scam and click bait ads.

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Re:Volkswagen says all brands have halted paid activities on... by trafficante on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:29PM (#33727521)

I’ve actually noticed a lot more sponsored posts that are nearly indistinguishable from a quote tweet. They don’t appear to be scams, more like somebody threw a couple bucks at Twitter to boost their opinion or something.

Clicking through to the thread usually has the same person taking up the first reply with a request to follow them but other than that I’m not seeing any real marketing activity.

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