X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report
source link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/7/23907424/x-unlabeled-ads-posts-cant-block-report-chumbox
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.
X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report
/X’s new ad format is just like the fake article clickbait ads you see at the bottom of websites.
By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.
Share this story
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24805892/STK160_X_Twitter_0010.jpg)
Mashable reports that users on X, formerly known as Twitter, have seen unlabeled ads in their feeds while scrolling through the company’s mobile apps. When users tap them, they’re taken to other websites, with no way to block or report them.
Unlike normal ads that are just posts from company X accounts and have an “Ad” label, these new ones have no account associated with them. Here, this post shows what they look like:
If you’re just scrolling, the embedded image and clickbait-style text might make you think it’s just another post. A “profile” picture made from the embedded image completes the illusion.
Here are some examples posted by users:
Neither I nor my colleagues at The Verge have seen the new ads in our own feeds. Mashable writes that the format isn’t in X’s ad campaign manager, but “it appears these ads are actually being served by a third-party ad provider.”
Recommend
About Joyk
Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK