This is how badly X wants you to pay to promote your posts - The Verge

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After Elon Musk warned that “advertisers who post ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their product will be barred from advertising” on X earlier this month, the platform now appears to be using a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen to draw attention to the “promote” button while users are composing a post. The arm seems limited to verified users, or those with a paid subscription to X Premium. Posts that have been promoted look like other posts on X but are branded with a “promoted” or “ad” label.

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