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throwaway2016a

X is similar now for new accounts now. Except it's not just the timeline content, it is the advertisers too. My active account gets regular advertisers but my inactive one has all X rated and scam advertisements. And tons of "18+" bots that will go around auto-liking people's posts.

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I have the complete opposite X experience

I have a new account, I only follow ai, coding and tech accounts

My following page is amazing! Not one dumb thing in my face. The for you feed is garbage but I never go there

I have no doubt that is your experience and it's good to hear some people are having good experiences with it.

My main account is fine but I have an account that follows very few other accounts (it's for a product I was building that never really took off) and I just signed in and scrolled until I hit 8 ads. The ads were in this order (completely unedited list... I'm not editorializing here):

- Robinhood

- A very explicit "male enhancement" ad

- A movie ad for a movie I've never heard of until now

- A "bedroom aid" (blue pill)

- A marijuana dispensary

- A scammy looking mobile app

- Another ad for a pill for men who are having trouble in the bedroom

- An affiliate marketing scam

... I stopped scrolling at that point because it felt like enough.

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