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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 mrguyorama »

mrtksn wrote: post #131
CyberMacGyver wrote: post #4

One time they let her speak publicly it turned out to be a disaster. She never had any say and worst part is she was not even a good fall guy, it was clear who’s pulling the strings. The most immaterial and inconsequential hire ever. I love all the replies on Twitter thanking her but during her time the valuation dropped 80% and they were suing advertisers for not advertising. Remarkably inept.

I don't think she ever was a fall guy, Elon run a poll on should someone else be CEO of Twitter and lost the poll. It was quite entertaining, He didn't seem happy with the outcome and probably had to pay CEO level salary due to the stunt.

You might have a point if he didn't ignore every other one of those polls he ran.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by Imnimo »

sorcerer-mar wrote: post #29
CyberMacGyver wrote: post #4

One time they let her speak publicly it turned out to be a disaster. She never had any say and worst part is she was not even a good fall guy, it was clear who’s pulling the strings. The most immaterial and inconsequential hire ever. I love all the replies on Twitter thanking her but during her time the valuation dropped 80% and they were suing advertisers for not advertising. Remarkably inept.

It's weird that you say both she had no material power and also seem to imply the valuation drop and lawsuits were due to her ineptitude? Anyway she volunteered to be a puppet for a man who is clearly off the rails and her legacy will forever be stained.

The way I see it, her job had two parts - reign in Elon, and then run the show. But she couldn't (or wasn't interested in) doing the first part, and so her tenure was a failure. Gwynne Shotwell at SpaceX does a great job at both, by contrast.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by calmoo »

whalesalad wrote: post #399
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.

Does it? It is 100% a bot farm full of right-wing propaganda. Create a new account and start tweeting. Every single like/reply you get will be from a bot pretending to be either Elon, or Elon's mom, or someone who has recently won the lottery and is going to give it away to all of their followers. Every single recommended post you'll get in your feed will be the most unhinged q-anon conspiracy shit you can imagine. T…

I’ve only been on twitter for a year and at the start my algo feed was full of awful crap, but after I followed a few good accounts I mostly now just get AI focussed tech stuff. I think your experience isn’t universal.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by toomanyrichies »

snickerdoodle12 wrote: post #95
Xiol32 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arguably a competent person wouldn't have persisted in a role where it was obvious they were not able to make a meaningful difference.

You'd be insane to leave a job with such few responsibilities and such insane compensation. Set for life.

Some might argue there are more important things in life than compensation.

Self-respect, for example.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

UltraSane wrote: post #243
phillipcarter wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is very much not a solved problem. Because the implication behind search is not "well the result you need is technically in the result set", it's "the result you need as at the top", and that remains an extremely difficult problem for anything but a trivial scale.

Good support for regex and boolean operators helps a lot with that. But that requires user skill.

Then it's not a solved problem in any meaningful way.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

rsynnott wrote: post #192
Invictus0 wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

She _accepted_ the job, though. If we're assuming it was obvious to everyone that it was an impossible job, then her accepting it shows a certain lack of judgement, surely.

"I accepted a difficult position with the expectation that I would make a significant impact on the company's future. Now, looking back, I'm pleased with what I was able to accomplish. I look forward to more challenging engagements."

At least, that's how I would spin it.

But I'd probably have AI massage the text a bit ;-)

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by torlok »

andsoitis wrote: post #6
ceejayoz wrote: post #5

I guess the Nazi chatbot was the last straw. Amazed she lasted this long, honestly.

As chief, her job is, amongst others, making sure that type of thing doesn’t happen. Outcomes suggests she failed at that. Hopefully the next chief will be better.

You don't think Elon went behind her back constantly? You think the next CEO will have more to say? She pretended to be in charge, she got paid, good for her. What are you hoping for. X is a dump, and the sooner it goes away the better for everybody.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by the_why_of_y »

throwpoaster wrote: post #450
BeetleB wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is far more nuanced (and disputed) than you make it out to be. > It happened accidentally (ie against the wishes of Twitter management) in 2016 I think the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco played a bigger role, and I don't think they utilize Twitter. On top of that, frankly, TV and his behavior at rallies/debated helped him a lot more than Twitter did in 2016. I don't know a single MAGA supporter who was even on…

> How? He was banned after the election. By suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story before the election.

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