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2. Would you be kind enough to consider warning in your titles that your posts are X views please?

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Mar 8, 2025, 07:00 PM

Mar 8

I know you post quite a lot of fun little X videos, but some of us trying to avoid giving musk's company any unecessary revenue through viewing anything posted on his X platform.

Thanks.

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Imagine having to explain this to your insurance company with no video [View all] red dog 1 Mar 8 OP

Wow 😲 mom is strong. The babies are so cute TommieMommy Mar 8 #1

Would you be kind enough to consider warning in your titles that your posts are X views please? Think. Again. Mar 8 #2

Seriously? If you don't click on it, Musk gets nothing. Silent Type Mar 8 #4

That's incorrect. He benefits from the traffic generated by the embedded widget JoseBalow Mar 8 #5

How much? Virtually nothing. Silent Type Mar 8 #7

More than nothing... JoseBalow Mar 8 #8

Yes, which is why I'm asking for a warning the posting title.... Think. Again. Mar 8 #9

You can block the traffic by default using Privacy Badger JoseBalow Mar 8 #6

Thanks! I'll check into privacybadger to see if it's safe to download! Think. Again. Mar 8 #10

It's an easy to install browser plug-in JoseBalow Mar 8 #11

That's who I was going to check with, thanks again! Think. Again. Mar 8 #12

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! some_of_us_are_sane Mar 9 #18

No problemo! JoseBalow Mar 9 #19

when looking at the list of posts in a forum, the little blue square next to the subject line Kali Mar 9 #13

Unfortunately, I only see uncolored boxes with an x in them... Think. Again. Mar 9 #14

yeah phone mode may be different Kali Mar 9 #15

Thanks! Think. Again. Mar 9 #16

Exactly What I Do ProfessorGAC Mar 9 #17

Sorry duplicate. Silent Type Mar 8 #3

I always wait until it opens on its own I never click on it. Does Muskrat still get anything out of that? nt yellowdogintexas Mar 10 #20

What was the bear after? efhmc Mar 10 #21