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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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sorcerer-mar ◴[09 Jul 25 15:10 UTC] No.44510983[source]▶
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.

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xnx ◴[09 Jul 25 15:19 UTC] No.44511112[source]▶
> her legacy will forever be stained

Where can I sell my legacy for $6 million/year?

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abirch ◴[09 Jul 25 15:34 UTC] No.44511356[source]▶
My question is where does she go from here?

Like if she became my CEO, I'd really worry about my company/job.

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1. GCA10 ◴[09 Jul 25 16:31 UTC] No.44511986{4}[source]▶
Lots of corporate boards, university boards, nonprofit boards, etc. make room for folks like her. She understands something about social media and the digital future -- and even if that expertise doesn't impress many folks on HackerNews, it will seem quite sufficient and robust to the elderly trustees and big-donor board members of Pleurisy State University.

Being 62 is the perfect age for such roles. Young enough to climb a flight of stairs; old enough to nod appropriately to her new peers' references from the 1980s. Executive search firms will be eager to guide her into as many board roles as she might want.