Musk Vows To “Name And Shame” Fleeing Advertisers

The Daily Beast reports:

Elon Musk is threatening to “name and shame” advertisers who have hit pause on Twitter while his takeover of the social media platform sows chaos. The idea, apparently, is that Musk’s fans would boycott those companies until they agree to start funneling ad bucks to Twitter again.

The billionaire’s vow seems unlikely to calm corporate jitters and bring advertisers back. It comes during a week of utter tumult, with Musk firing top executives and board members, launching massive layoffs, and announcing a plan to charge verified users $8 a month to keep their blue check marks.

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Thank you.

A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what will happen if this continues.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022

“Advertise on Twitter or I will unleash my followers on your brand” is a pretty wild bizdev strategy!

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) November 5, 2022

I support this. Two can play at this game.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 5, 2022

Sir, please do the next tweet! This continues to be amazing!

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 5, 2022

I agree it should be illegal to not give money to the world’s richest man

— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) November 5, 2022

$220 billion man who just fired 3700 Americans needs your $8 to turn a profit. Can you spare the price of one cup of coffee to help a billionaire sell your free speech back to you?

— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) November 5, 2022