After Elon Musk warned that “advertisers who post ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their product will be barred from advertising” on X earlier this month, the platform now appears to be using a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen to draw attention to the “promote” button while users are composing a post.
Many X users have seen and shared images of the unsettling promotional tool, including The Verge’s Tom Warren, but it doesn’t appear…


