Solana deletes ‘cringe’ ad criticized for being ‘tone deaf’ on gender issues
Solana’s X account has deleted an ad after it copped wide backlash for seemingly making light of gender identity issues.
The team behind blockchain network Solana has deleted a controversial advertisement posted on its X account after immense backlash over political messaging around gender identity.
The more than two-and-a-half-minute ad for the Solana Accelerate conference posted on March 17 with the caption “America is back. Time to Accelerate” depicted a man as “America” in a therapy session who said he was having thoughts “about innovation” such as crypto.
The therapist responds he should do “something more productive, like coming up with a new gender” and later says the man should “focus on pronouns.”
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