Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

Post by pickledoyster » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 8:00 AM UTC

fake-name wrote: post #684

danpalmer wrote: post #558

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Reading his timeline is somewhat rage-inducing. He's just another edgelord who can't decide if he believes the terrible things he's posting or is just ironically posting them. It's all just attention seeking, there's no value in the posts, no product insight, no teaching like I see from true industry leaders.

> if he believes the terrible things he's posting or is just ironically posting them. The thing is, as I get older, I realize more and more that this is a distinction without a difference. If you "ironically" stab someone, does it matter what your motivation? The same is true for edgelord stuff. Whether you believe it internally is irrelevant, the active act of the posting is the only part that matters. If you post f…

Post by ulfw » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 8:02 AM UTC

giingyui wrote: post #695

davidw wrote: post #638

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> I'm genuinely surprised at the amount of people that stuck to it. I thought more people would see a guy doing ... that salute, or things like the antisemitism in Grok in the past few days and say "no", but a huge number of people seem to be able to rationalize things away. I'm with Wil Wheaton https://bsky.app/profile/wilwheaton.net/post/3ltkjyzjb4k2p

I profoundly dislike the politics of most “leaders” for lack of a better word in the world of tech, but here I am typing these words in an iPhone. Refusing to use something because of who created it or who benefits from it is a bit too much I think, to the point of being unworkable depending on the case. In other words as much as I’d like to vote with my wallet that is not always practical. And that extends to everyt…

Post by AStonesThrow » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 8:08 AM UTC

michaelmrose wrote: post #721

giingyui wrote: post #695

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I profoundly dislike the politics of most “leaders” for lack of a better word in the world of tech, but here I am typing these words in an iPhone. Refusing to use something because of who created it or who benefits from it is a bit too much I think, to the point of being unworkable depending on the case. In other words as much as I’d like to vote with my wallet that is not always practical. And that extends to everyt…

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Post by pickledoyster » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 8:15 AM UTC

cedws wrote: post #640

insane_dreamer wrote: post #632

> Top executives regularly come and go at Mr. Musk’s various companies. One exception is Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, who joined Mr. Musk’s rocket company shortly after its founding in 2002. That's an amazingly long tenure under Musk. And considering SpaceX's success, she must be an exceptional leader.

I wonder what people like her who were around Musk in the early days think of him now. It’s striking how much he’s changed. When I see videos of him speaking 20, even 10 years ago, he seems much more grounded, inspired, maybe even intellectual. Something has happened to him I feel. Maybe drugs brought out the storm inside that was always there.

Post by account42 » Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 8:17 AM UTC

knorker wrote: post #702

mihaic wrote: post #690

Tangential, I still find it absurd people accept calling it X instead of Twitter. While I'd generally agree that most companies can change their name, encroaching on a basic letter should be off limits, like naming your company "The" or "God". Still sticking with Twitter until a reasonable name is found, which by Musk is never.

The worst part, in my opinion, is that people fell for it. Instead of hearing a split second two syllable "twitter", we now keep hearing "X, formerly known as twitter". That's 8 syllables. You just gave 4x free advertisement for absolutely no good reason. You're the sucker.