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Will in Seattle 1
What, you thought they gave you twitter for free?

Next up: people who don't realize SLOG is paid for by The Stranger's ad content.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on January 7, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Dominic Holden 2
@1) This wasn't a sponsored tweet by Twitter; it came directly from the AP's feed.
Posted by Dominic Holden on January 7, 2013 at 3:26 PM
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What's next for AP, ads for weed, strippers and hookers?
Posted by Will they go that low? on January 7, 2013 at 4:11 PM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 4
People willingly talk about the products they buy.

Night and day.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on January 7, 2013 at 4:14 PM
5
Whatever did happen to Strangercrombie? Run out of donors?
Posted by floater on January 7, 2013 at 4:57 PM
Dominic Holden 6
@5) Now it's the "Slog vs. whatever" charity auction, which we've done for NW Harvest the past couple years.
Posted by Dominic Holden on January 7, 2013 at 5:13 PM
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When I see a tweet somebody paid to place somewhere that should contain only tweets from people of my choice, I block the sender. If I had a Firefox plugin that would do it automatically, I'd use it.
Posted by Phil M http://twitter.com/pmocek on January 7, 2013 at 5:56 PM
Will in Seattle 8
Maybe there's a Chrome setting that will turn it off?
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on January 7, 2013 at 6:09 PM
9
On the other hand unfollowing a company on Twitter is pretty damn easy. Much easier than changing your email or unfriending someone. If the ads really bug you, just hit unfollow and go on with your life.

So longer as it's clear what's sponsored and what's not, and so long as it does not become obnoxious, I can't really see faulting news outlets for doing what they can to make a buck these days.
Posted by giffy on January 7, 2013 at 6:18 PM
Free Lunch 10
..the New York Times even runs little ads on the newspaper's front page. But in those cases, the presentation of the content is categorically different: The ads are in ad boxes and are designed like ads.
Twitter doesn't allow you to put little boxes around tweets. I'm not sure what you are expecting them to do.

Don't you think by preceding the ad by the all-capped "SPONSORED TWEET," the AP is displaying good faith rather than an intention to deceive?
Posted by Free Lunch on January 7, 2013 at 7:07 PM
Sandiai 11
I do the same thing as @7.
Posted by Sandiai on January 7, 2013 at 9:31 PM
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@9: Giffy: Twitter's webapp shows paid-placement tweets from accounts other than those you follow. Unfollowing doesn't do it. You need to block them. If you're nice, you'll refrain from reporting them for spamming in the process.
Posted by Phil M http://twitter.com/pmocek on January 7, 2013 at 10:24 PM
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Adblock Plus *may* filter out the paid tweets. I think I started seeing them around the same time I started browsing Twitter on my phone, which definitely does not filter them out.
Posted by Phil M http://twitter.com/pmocek on January 7, 2013 at 10:26 PM

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