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Most of the world's biggest advertisers have stopped buying ads on Elon Musk's X, exclusive new data shows::Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have recently stated that most of the company's top-spending advertisers from last year have returned.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (28 children)

Does anyone else consider it plausible that flushing $44 billion is worth the cost if it removes that meddlesome social media platform that activists rely on to syndicate human rights abuses and document all the other terrible stuff that happens around the world?

There's something way sketch about this entire narrative

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Or, Elon Musk is just an idiot doing the same idiot things he's always done.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bingo.

That dick bag tried to rinse and repeat the same BS management strategy he used at a car company on a tech company and wouldn't you know, it's cratering right before or eyes.

Shocking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why can't it be both? Maybe he's a tool of someone, hell, he's already a tool so 1/2 the work's been done

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