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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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543 points donohoe | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.43s | source
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Hoasi ◴[09 Jul 25 15:21 UTC] No.44511157[source]▶
X has been nothing short of an exercise in brand destruction. However, despite all the drama, it still stands, it still exists, and it remains relevant.
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beAbU ◴[10 Jul 25 06:20 UTC] No.44517871[source]▶
And I blame the media. Politicians continue to post, and the media continue to quote them from twitter. I think it's shameful that politicians and other officials are using twitter as some sort of official media/announcement platform.

In my own African country twitter has become the de-facto channel for various updates and announcements by various state organs and officials. Makes it even worse when you consider the majority of the population has no reliable way to access this information.

And now its locked behind a user account! And it's owned by a potentially rival politician!

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1. brigandish ◴[10 Jul 25 08:42 UTC] No.44518752[source]▶
I've been able to access posts for a while now without logging in, I think that might have changed when they got rid of blocking.
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2. beAbU ◴[10 Jul 25 09:14 UTC] No.44518963[source]▶
It's usually possible to access a single post if it's directly linked, but not possible to go to the profile from there, or access other tweets or relevant discussions about the post you have open.

That's my experience anyway.