As an avid X user, I think she did an astonishing job keeping the platform afloat at all given that the owner is borderline insane and uses the platform as his personal playground.
asveikau · 1d ago
As was probably covered in the thread yesterday, it's kind of an impossible position. Anything she did can and would be attributed to Elon. Anything she could have done to challenge Elon would have resulted in being pushed out. Nobody could have been in that position and done well. She wasn't in a good position to be a scapegoat, nor to do anything, really. The whole thing was pointless. Sounds like she made some good money.
AmVess · 1d ago
Borderline? He crossed that border a long time ago.
jajko · 1d ago
Yeah I can't imagine her actually doing some big decisions on her own, when Manchild keeps jumping all over the place and keeps flipping his emotional opinions faster than I can flip (manual) light switch.
chasing · 1d ago
Afloat in what sense? Usage is down. At least for me, the vast majority of my social and professional network has moved to other platforms. And every time a public figure (journalist, politician) does post it feels like they're immediately swarmed by right-wing propaganda idiots/bots. Feels like a complete mess.
But, yes, I guess it still exists. So props?
Loudergood · 1d ago
Is it a coincidence she resigned right before the release of Grok 4?
But, yes, I guess it still exists. So props?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510731 ("Linda Yaccarino is leaving X"—1 day ago, 974 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44517055 ("Grok 4 Launch [video]"—11 hours ago, 374 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44504709 ("Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts"—1 day ago, 140 comments)