Elon Musk begging users to like advertiser's tweets

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@VeronicaConnor

That’s weird. Their only customer is the US government, so they have zero reason to advertise

I haven’t figured that out (well, like you say, in this case it might just be assholery). The D.C. area news radio station (at least, when I had a substantial commute) used to run ads for the F-35 and whatever was supposed to replace the KC-135. Like the average commuter is going to think, “well shucks, I sure could use an airborne tanker!”

And…

Major advertisers are fleeing Twitter, says Washington Post

Same with the company I work for. They do gov’t contracts, they don’t sell software nor produce physical objects etc. But they’ve bought a slew of ads on public transportation. Unless someone is the contract manager at a gov’t agency (& they’re supposed to be neutral about it anyway) it’s not like someone stuck behind a bus is going to see the ad and have a “eureka!” epiphany.