Linda Yaccarino is leaving X • Hacker News Board

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by doitformango » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:34 AM UTC

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.

"a large diversity in opinions on Reddit that are not hard to find."

I think you forgot the /s. Plus reddit is mostly bots now driving engagement, with AI slop splattered everywhere. It went from bad to worse in just a few years. I scan the homepage without an account every now and then and it's awful.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:34 AM UTC

dzhiurgis wrote: post #554

cm2012 wrote: post #293

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Twitter valuation dropped for two primary reasons: 1) Most tech valuations dropped about 50%-80% in between Elon's offer and Reddit formally accepting it. This was the end of the 2021 tech boom. 2) Elon being a moron and turning off brand advertisers in any way he can when direct response ads don't really work on the platform.

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his own fucking 'ai' was nazi posting, wtf are you talking about?

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by numpad0 » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:40 AM UTC

scns wrote: post #488

woah wrote: post #247

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It's conspiratorial thinking to assume that everything that happens in the world is perfectly executed by omniscient villains with 20/20 hindsight. Maybe a formerly-brilliant but drug-addled rich guy just bought a social media platform with bad fundamentals at the height of its valuation and then mismanaged it while flailing around with other ventures and political adventures. Occam's razor.

> formerly-brilliant When?

Wasn't elonjet the turning point? There are some arguments around that he might not have clear cognitive distinction between verbal accusations and physical violence. Maybe that was the missed shot from rooftop for him. Elon before those events was a Steve Jobs Junior figure, that is to say, he was not problematic enough for the rest of the world including myself to focus on the crazy side.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by dzhiurgis » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:44 AM UTC

sleepybrett wrote: post #612

dzhiurgis wrote: post #554

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his own fucking 'ai' was nazi posting, wtf are you talking about?

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Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by numpad0 » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:50 AM UTC

navigate8310 wrote: post #301

gorwell wrote: post #256

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Yes, it did. Every large platform including Twitter was censoring its users due to state pressure. Even Facebook has since admitted that they were told to censor information that was true, and they knew to be true.

X censors journalists and media handles regularly in India

They don't just censor, they limit organic influences. Your content won't get displayed more than n times, so you can't get more popular than n views, unless the system selects you as today's lottery winner, in which case it will be (reported as)viewed trillion times.

The only defense against this is the fact that Twitter users know system too well for this to be not immediately obvious.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #5

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

6mil a year for a job where she has no power why even show up...

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by SchemaLoad » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC

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.

The site is incredibly broken. It returns API errors randomly and shows profile tweets out of order. It's on Pintrest levels of broken.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by lonmydadda » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 2:57 AM UTC

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.

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Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by 1oooqooq » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 3:06 AM UTC

this is just a bottom of the drawer news they could pick the time to release (as all comments here prove, the hiring, the duration, and the firing, were all inconsequential for anything whatsoever)

So, why fire now? What news would be getting attention instead, of the 600 comments here and who knows how many on xitter?

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by greenie_beans » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 3:08 AM UTC

Lu2025 wrote: post #599

greenie_beans wrote: post #227

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

Left where?

twitter