“I’ve been scammed more than once.”
February 12, 2023 2:17 PM Subscribe
On Trump's Truth Social: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams, and Fake Merchandise (slNYT gift, Internet Archive, previously)
I see no mounted singing bass.
posted by clavdivs at 2:40 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 2:40 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Sponsored Truth? 2 + 2 = 4 brought to you by Procter & Gamble…
posted by njohnson23 at 3:24 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by njohnson23 at 3:24 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
‘Truth Social Media’ is not the only place with those ads with repulsive pictures. There’s plenty of them on Facebook. You all know the ones I mean…. I wish they’d go away.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 3:58 PM on February 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 3:58 PM on February 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
Well, if my relative is any indication, there are still a bunch of formerly-moderate conservatives who genuinely believe that he has something to offer and can save the country through “The Art of the Deal.”
posted by Melismata at 4:02 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Melismata at 4:02 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
“Can you not vet the ads on Truth?” asked one user in a post directed at Mr. Trump. “I’ve been scammed more than once.”Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
posted by meowzilla at 4:15 PM on February 12, 2023 [13 favorites]
And how is this different from what my 'mainstream' social media feeds have degenerated into? Facebook and Instagram, which I use for the sake, mainly, of my art, have become festering limpid cesspools of scams and right wing talking points. I follow some pretty good progressive sites but am swamped by ads for extreme right wing sites on Facebook and endless people contacting me to buy my art as NFTs on Instagram.
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 4:16 PM on February 12, 2023 [14 favorites]
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 4:16 PM on February 12, 2023 [14 favorites]
"festering limpid cesspools of scams"
Ouch
posted by mmrtnt at 5:12 PM on February 12, 2023 [7 favorites]
Ouch
posted by mmrtnt at 5:12 PM on February 12, 2023 [7 favorites]
like the ads for the the scam junk you see repeatedly on old people TV (and others) MeTv Antenna TV.....
posted by robbyrobs at 5:15 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by robbyrobs at 5:15 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
I see no mounted singing bass.
Those stayed in working order for quite some time.
posted by ocschwar at 6:37 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Those stayed in working order for quite some time.
posted by ocschwar at 6:37 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
“Can you not vet the ads on Truth?” asked one user in a post directed at Mr. Trump.
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:52 PM on February 12, 2023 [7 favorites]
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:52 PM on February 12, 2023 [7 favorites]
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
I would bet a really interesting study could be put together (if it hasn't been already) on lack of internet literacy (ad blockers, not clicking pop-ups, stuff that most people on this site would think of as basic internet skills, and how it intersects with voting, worldviews, and all around susceptibility to demagoguery, fascism, and, well, wearing MAGA hats and sleeping on MyPillows.
So, to answer your (probably rhetorical) question, no, I don't imagine they do.
posted by Ghidorah at 8:50 PM on February 12, 2023 [21 favorites]
I would bet a really interesting study could be put together (if it hasn't been already) on lack of internet literacy (ad blockers, not clicking pop-ups, stuff that most people on this site would think of as basic internet skills, and how it intersects with voting, worldviews, and all around susceptibility to demagoguery, fascism, and, well, wearing MAGA hats and sleeping on MyPillows.
So, to answer your (probably rhetorical) question, no, I don't imagine they do.
posted by Ghidorah at 8:50 PM on February 12, 2023 [21 favorites]
I haven’t signed up for any of these right wing sites a and I dumped my twitter account when Elon purchased it. I have been curious about what’s going on so this article was an interesting peak. Sounds like a blast. They need us way more than we need them. I can’t wait until they are a distant memory.
posted by waving at 9:44 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by waving at 9:44 PM on February 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
Victim-blaming nonsense
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 11:34 PM on February 12, 2023
Victim-blaming nonsense
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 11:34 PM on February 12, 2023
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
I won’t get fooled again?
posted by TedW at 3:43 AM on February 13, 2023 [11 favorites]
I won’t get fooled again?
posted by TedW at 3:43 AM on February 13, 2023 [11 favorites]
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
A lot of people use apps on those new-fangled cellphones, so adblockers don't do them much good.
posted by Umami Dearest at 3:51 AM on February 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
A lot of people use apps on those new-fangled cellphones, so adblockers don't do them much good.
posted by Umami Dearest at 3:51 AM on February 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
I know they were trying to show those ads as examples of what the problem was, but I just kept skipping over them as I scrolled down because I’m so used to skipping over those exact kinds of ads whenever I accidentally hit a clickbait article that has something in it I still think I might want to read.
Once I forced myself to drag my eyeballs back up to look at the examples, I did see how they were marginally worse, but it was a slim margin.
Gave me a good smile about the real ad that was mixed among them in the article, though. I bet that advertiser was pissed.
posted by Mchelly at 5:01 AM on February 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
Once I forced myself to drag my eyeballs back up to look at the examples, I did see how they were marginally worse, but it was a slim margin.
Gave me a good smile about the real ad that was mixed among them in the article, though. I bet that advertiser was pissed.
posted by Mchelly at 5:01 AM on February 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
We have pihole at home to block ads and everytime I browse when I'm out and about I'm shocked at how horrible the internet has become, especially on mobile.
posted by Kimberly at 7:58 AM on February 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Kimberly at 7:58 AM on February 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Sounds very similar to Twitter nowadays. (link to NYT article from this weekend that talks about how bad Twitter ads have gotten)
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 8:47 AM on February 13, 2023
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 8:47 AM on February 13, 2023
I know anyone can get scammed and understand that perfectly honest and intelligent people get scammed all the time. But I'm not a good enough person to feel bad for anyone who gets scammed by a TruthSocial ad, lmao.
posted by grandiloquiet at 10:08 AM on February 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by grandiloquiet at 10:08 AM on February 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
A lot of people use apps on those new-fangled cellphones, so adblockers don't do them much good.
There are adblockers that work on mobile devices, too. I wish I could install one on some relatives' devices without their knowledge.
posted by soelo at 1:12 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
There are adblockers that work on mobile devices, too. I wish I could install one on some relatives' devices without their knowledge.
posted by soelo at 1:12 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
I am absolutely dying at the ad complaining about WOKE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:45 PM on February 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:45 PM on February 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
That is an insurance company that is way too concerned with empathy and social justice.
Goddam bleeding heart liberal health insurance corporation.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:50 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Goddam bleeding heart liberal health insurance corporation.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:50 PM on February 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
Ad blockers are a commie hoax, just like vaccines.
posted by waving at 9:37 PM on February 13, 2023
Ad blockers are a commie hoax, just like vaccines.
posted by waving at 9:37 PM on February 13, 2023
Do people on Truth Social not know about adblockers?
I have had to show my 71-year-old mother more than once that her phone could:
- Turn off notifications for every single thing she has installed instead of defaulting to them on at max volume
- Have a different screen brightness setting than "staring directly into the sun"
- Be set to vibrate or silent for any reason, ever (hello, we're in the movie theater!)
- Not have locations turned on 24/7, which rapidly drains her battery
I still haven't convinced her to stop staring at Facebook on her phone and repeatedly trying to get me to look at different friends' adult children/missing dog photos/a weird article about super-AIDS from Africa that kills you with one kiss while we open Christmas presents, but some fights are just too hard to deal with.
(All of those are real firsthand examples from the past year.)
She is a person who loves Trump and almost certainly has a Truth Social account.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 2:26 PM on February 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
I have had to show my 71-year-old mother more than once that her phone could:
- Turn off notifications for every single thing she has installed instead of defaulting to them on at max volume
- Have a different screen brightness setting than "staring directly into the sun"
- Be set to vibrate or silent for any reason, ever (hello, we're in the movie theater!)
- Not have locations turned on 24/7, which rapidly drains her battery
I still haven't convinced her to stop staring at Facebook on her phone and repeatedly trying to get me to look at different friends' adult children/missing dog photos/a weird article about super-AIDS from Africa that kills you with one kiss while we open Christmas presents, but some fights are just too hard to deal with.
(All of those are real firsthand examples from the past year.)
She is a person who loves Trump and almost certainly has a Truth Social account.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 2:26 PM on February 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
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