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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

Invictus0 wrote: post #162
nickthegreek wrote: post #149

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pretty sure she did alot of reputational damage to herself along the way.

This is just delusional. It was obvious to everyone she was in an impossible job with a megalomaniacal boss ,and not only did she not get fired, she actually lasted 2 years and left on her own terms. I think she'll be just fine.

The reputational damage was taking the money to profit from and aid the megalomania. She'll never be taken seriously by serious people or have a substantive job again. But she'll do fine, her loyalty will probably get her similar opportunity with similar people.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by ceejayoz »

snickerdoodle12 wrote: post #211
ceejayoz wrote: post #205

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Unless you think said job is edging into "oh shit I might be part of the Nuremberg Trials II" territory. Life got short for quite a few historical Nazis.

Sure, and I agree, but that's not really related to what GP is saying

It's related to what you are saying. It's a non-monetary reason it'd be non-insane to leave the role; "set for life" doesn't do you much good if you're in The Hague.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by egorfine »

mrweasel wrote: post #130
Hoasi wrote: post #50

X has been nothing short of an exercise in brand destruction. However, despite all the drama, it still stands, it still exists, and it remains relevant.

More and more I think Musk managed to his take over of Twitter pretty successfully. X still isn't as strong a brand as Twitter where, but it's doing okay. A lot of the users who X need to stay on the platform, journalists and politicians, are still there. The only issue is that Musk vastly overpaid for Twitter, but if he plans to keep it and use it for his political ambitions, that might not matter. Also remember tha…

Same opinion. I absolutely hate what he did to Twitter and never in my life I will call it "X" - BUT - it looks to me as if the engagement is thriving.

Edit: clarified that the engagement is thriving

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by bpodgursky »

reverendsteveii wrote: post #213
mrweasel wrote: post #201

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Has it tanked? X is still running, it still has millions of users.

it's worth less than half of what he paid for it, lost 30 million users and went from being the default microblog to facing real competition in daily active users from ~~bluesky~~threads ( https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-dail... ). Building what X is today from nothing would be an incredible accomplishment but building what X is today out of what Twitter was in 2022 is still a pretty miserable…

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

You can judge for yourself whether bluesky is a competitive threat.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by apwell23 »

fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #215
kylebenzle wrote: post #187

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Of course I hate what Elon has done to Twitter but you're feeling previously that everyone was there was an illusion brought on by massive propaganda and manipulation of the conversation. The same thing has happened to Reddit now, well it feels more inclusive and open it's actually an incredibly controlled enclosed system that only allows one specific viewpoint. Now of course to the people inside that bubble it feels…

> liberal echo chamber It skews one way, but there's definitely a large diversity in opinions on Reddit that are not hard to find. It's also transitioning into an India social media site, just from sheer population numbers.

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Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by amrocha »

mrweasel wrote: post #201
moomin wrote: post #184

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I think it’s hard to conclude that the people weren’t needed given how spectacularly it tanked.

Has it tanked? X is still running, it still has millions of users.

Revenue and monthly active users are still lower than in 2022, and decreasing. And thats based on estimates, because twitter doesn’t report those numbers.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by greenie_beans »

mrweasel wrote: post #180
threetonesun wrote: post #152

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Well sure if you give up on moderation, and close the platform to people who aren't signed in, and shut off the API then yes you didn't need the people supporting those parts of the platform. And I guess if you consider "the place with the MechaHitler AI" as good branding there's no arguing with you that it's doing just as well as Twitter.

I don't agree with the direction Musk has set for X, but businesswise it's not doing worse. Twitter was a financial catastrophe before the take over, so you didn't need much improvement. Moderation was a financial drain, the API didn't make them any money and none of the users seems to care all that much about the platform not being open to users without an account... because they all have accounts and wasn't able to…

you must not know many journalists because they certainly left in droves

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by Forgeties79 »

egorfine wrote: post #223
mrweasel wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More and more I think Musk managed to his take over of Twitter pretty successfully. X still isn't as strong a brand as Twitter where, but it's doing okay. A lot of the users who X need to stay on the platform, journalists and politicians, are still there. The only issue is that Musk vastly overpaid for Twitter, but if he plans to keep it and use it for his political ambitions, that might not matter. Also remember tha…

Same opinion. I absolutely hate what he did to Twitter and never in my life I will call it "X" - BUT - it looks to me as if the engagement is thriving. Edit: clarified that the engagement is thriving

Thriving? Its valuation has tanked since his purchase and last I read they’re still actively losing users.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by apwell23 »

reverendsteveii wrote: post #213
mrweasel wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has it tanked? X is still running, it still has millions of users.

it's worth less than half of what he paid for it, lost 30 million users and went from being the default microblog to facing real competition in daily active users from ~~bluesky~~threads ( https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-dail... ). Building what X is today from nothing would be an incredible accomplishment but building what X is today out of what Twitter was in 2022 is still a pretty miserable…

but thats due to musk poising the platform not due to cutting people.
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