Ask HN: Why do I only see scam ads on Twitter

2 pointsttn7y ago1 comments

I have been seeing only and only promoted tweets which are clearly scams, impersonating banks we use in Turkey on Twitter. This is what is going on for 2 months and it came to a point where I feel like I am being targeted intentionally by those people.

How do I get targeted this aggressively? Is this happening to you as well?

Is there anything I can do rather than reporting 2-3 scams per day? I feel like I volunteer for Twitter Community.

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craftoman7y ago

It's because of your region and you should really try setting up a VPN in Germany. I had similar problems with election campaigns but after I switched to VPN everything disappeared like magic.

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Ask HN: Why do I only see scam ads on Twitter

2 pointsttn7y ago1 comments

How do I get targeted this aggressively? Is this happening to you as well?

Is there anything I can do rather than reporting 2-3 scams per day? I feel like I volunteer for Twitter Community.

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craftoman7y ago

It's because of your region and you should really try setting up a VPN in Germany. I had similar problems with election campaigns but after I switched to VPN everything disappeared like magic.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse