Adpocalypse

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization. Internet

    "In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Adpocalypse. alt-of

Example

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"In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes."

Etymology

From ad + -pocalypse.

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