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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: 0.753s | source
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nikolayasdf123 ◴[10 Jul 25 12:16 UTC] No.44520146[source]▶
ads.x.com is the worst platform to run ads. not surprised
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CydeWeys ◴[10 Jul 25 14:23 UTC] No.44521459[source]▶
I curate a relatively tame Twitter feed, but X has been showing me animated advertisements of some fleshlight-like device going to town on a dildo. W. T. A. F.

It's started making me worried that I can't even use the app in a place where anyone else is, lest someone shoulder surf that and wonder WTF I'm looking at.

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1. fourside ◴[10 Jul 25 15:15 UTC] No.44521980[source]▶
It continues to surprise me how much people insist on using this platform after everything that’s happened in the last couple of years.

It’s like having dinner at a restaurant that you know is owned by a mafia boss and then being surprised when you get robbed while you eat there.

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2. duped ◴[10 Jul 25 16:22 UTC] No.44522703[source]▶
People are literally addicted to it, this is like expecting smokers to stop smoking because it's bad for them.
3. some-guy ◴[10 Jul 25 16:41 UTC] No.44522887[source]▶
Dumpster fires are unfortunately entertaining.
4. qchris ◴[10 Jul 25 18:03 UTC] No.44523780[source]▶
I totally get the point you're trying to make (and don't even disagree) but I think the analogy isn't quite right.

I'd actually be surprised if I got robbed at a mobbed-up restaurant; my naive understanding was that they actual put a lot of effort into keeping places like that above-board so they have legit businesses to attach their name/revenue/employees to, while still retaining muscle in case a rival tries something. It's arguably one of the last places I'd expected to get robbed outright.

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5. mildzebrataste ◴[10 Jul 25 18:22 UTC] No.44523976[source]▶
It’s like when you’re having dinner at a restaurant owned by the mob and act surprised when the owner pays for your meal because “you look like such nice girls.”