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.”
"What this advertising boycott is going to do [is] to kill [X]. The whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company and we will document it in great detail." -MuskWho would have thought that a company stopping advertising on an internet platform would actually be some of the greatest advertising?
What a ridiculous thing
tofor Musk to say. He clearly can’t handle being wrong or to blame. These companies are not under any obligation to advertise and support him or his business. His job is supposed to be to provide a platform where they want their ads to be seen, and failing do that, he’s acting like a victim instead.You mistake my meaning. I’m talking about the advertisers that dropped Twitter. Those companies earn respect because they stopped advertising on Twitter. It cost those companies nothing to stop advertising on Twitter, and earns them a good name.
Oh, I didn’t mean you said something ridiculous - I was referring to the Musk quote.
you act like his intent wasnt to kill twitter with a legal scapegoat.
hes never cared about making money on twitter, not a dime. why anyone is talking about proftis or losses… income at all… is beyond me.