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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 5 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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CyberMacGyver ◴[09 Jul 25 14:57 UTC] No.44510796[source]▶
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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1. misiti3780 ◴[09 Jul 25 15:40 UTC] No.44511425[source]▶
it didnt drop 80%:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/19/value-elo...

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2. lostlogin ◴[09 Jul 25 18:09 UTC] No.44513147[source]▶
Even if the valuation is the same (seems unlikely), a fairly small rate of inflation on that sum of money is likely to be a number that matters.
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3. shkkmo ◴[10 Jul 25 03:09 UTC] No.44516815[source]▶
"lost money due to inflation" (or even "lost money compared to an equivalent investment is a basket of similar stocks" is very different claim than "lost 80% of value". Currently the stock is down less than 10% from the purchase price (41 billion vs 44 billion).

Down 10% vs 80% is the kind of egregious factual "error" that gets made so frequently around Musk, that it is hard to take any criticism at face value. You don't like the guy and want to call him out? Get your facts straight or you're being counter productive.

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5. lostlogin ◴[10 Jul 25 18:51 UTC] No.44524244{3}[source]▶
A breathless defence against points never made.