Most of the world’s biggest advertisers have stopped buying ads on Elon Musk’s X, exclusive new data shows::Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have recently stated that most of the company’s top-spending advertisers from last year have returned.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Does anyone else consider it plausible that flushing $44 billion is worth the cost if it removes that meddlesome social media platform that activists rely on to syndicate human rights abuses and document all the other terrible stuff that happens around the world?

    There’s something way sketch about this entire narrative

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      Or, Elon Musk is just an idiot doing the same idiot things he’s always done.

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        Bingo.

        That dick bag tried to rinse and repeat the same BS management strategy he used at a car company on a tech company and wouldn’t you know, it’s cratering right before or eyes.

        Shocking.

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          Why can’t it be both? Maybe he’s a tool of someone, hell, he’s already a tool so 1/2 the work’s been done

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        This absolutely feels like a Hanlon’s razor type situation especially given what we have learned about Elon musk over the last 5 or so years. The whole evil genius shtick just doesn’t fly anymore. He’s an idiot who just happens to have made enough good or lucky business decisions in the past to get him where he is now.

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      I don’t think so because another platform will pop up eventually. It’s too much money for a short term thing

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        It’s probably a combination. He considered buying it for reasons including the above. He didn’t intend to pay $44 billion or actually buy the company. He didn’t intend to ruin it.

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        Eventually could be a while, and during that time they don’t have to worry. Also, without it fully tanking and limping along, many will stay and have stayed. This removes the need for an immediate replacement and hurts the possible success of one as celebrities, companies, artists, etc can and do just stay on Twitter.

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      There are other social media platforms so I don’t really see it. I just think Musk is a narcissist, egotist and utter hypocrite whose big mouth and lack of due diligence compelled him to buy the platform. And it turns out he’s really terrible at running a social media platform.

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        For a lot of activists and oppressive governments, though, its all about like the short-term. If you get killed because of Twitters current bullshit or you can’t be as affective by using it as a digital-bullhorn to maybe effect change in a more peaceful way, its not as relevant to you personally and your persecutor de jour if Mastodon blows up and becomes the actual Next-Twitter