X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film::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

  • BombOmOm
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    An ad for a film is the best a technology community can think of to post? Why is this here?

    • @[email protected]
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      268 months ago

      One of the biggest social media sites promoting what is basically just anti-trans propaganda is a pretty big deal

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        8 months ago

        What part of that is technology other than it being on a website; one of the most common and mundane things in the modern day.

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          What is the purpose of your questioning of the common sense in question?

          Like, you are technically correct. This news is not about technology per se, but about content on some technology.

          What i can’t really grasp from your comments is, if you’re genuinely bothered that the post isn’t hard tech talk or if you’re actually coming from a “this idiots here all pro-trans” place …

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            It’s common sense to post things about the most mundane technology to a technology community? What new tech was used? What new use for an old tech was used? What neat technological innovation was there?