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BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler (www.mediaite.com)

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 458 points 2 days ago (19 children)

I can't believe people still use Twitter.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 195 points 2 days ago (17 children)

I think this every single time I see news about that website. Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform? Insanity.

[–] ter_maxima@jlai.lu 26 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Non-fediverse social media is designed to be addictive because that's how the people running it make money.

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

You can mimic the feel of Twitter by taking reddit threads and cutting them at the most popular reply (Reddit already does this), and then reversing the order. Now the "best" content is front and center and the conversation / context is in the background. Users don't have to go through the tediousness of a discussion before experiencing the sheer joy of a witty response. The emotions come faster and more consistently.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 96 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I dont really care that the average person still uses twitter... What's INFURIATING is that gov't agencies are still using that shit. Why are important pieces of information still being shared on twitter??

[–] don@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Secretary of Defense coordinated military operations on Signal, accidentally included a reporter to the group chat (who later spilled the tea on the whole thing), and in that chat claimed they were "clean" on their opsec.

That's what republicans do. They're dumber than a bag of wet bags.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they would never do such a thing. not after calling out hillary clinton for using private email servers.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I keep getting arguments from peoplee about this, even on Bluesky.

Apparently it's too much to expect people to inconvenience themselves and not follow their favorite musicians or whatever.

If the vast majority of people can't be assed to take the absolutely easiest step possible to fight (or avoid supporting) fascists/Nazis, then we really are fucked.

Same thing with how people could very, very easily choose just NOT to buy another Nazicar. Yet 90% if Americans still bought one last month as a year earlier. It's just about the smallest sacrifice I can think of - just buying a DIFFERENT car that you might not like quite as much.

And I think the fact that we are where we are right now also confirms the problem.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perhaps it's because I'm old, but I kinda hit a wall a few years back where I stopped giving a shit about what famous people had to say on the internet. So on that basis, the move from Twitter to Mastodon was easy for me. Less easy was leaving behind people who I liked, but life is change, and we leave people behind all the time.

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[–] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People just don't want to quit because the alternatives aren't populated enough.... Which is caused by people not leaving. Twitter is to many a necessity for their business, just like many softwares provided by scum companies.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

We can all go entire books at this point with the things we can't believe...

This timeline is fucking insane, and twice as depressing as anything I thought I'd ever live through.

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 128 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.

Translation: I’m so thankful that I’ve had the opportunity to devote 2 years of my life to a company that was able to build a product that could appropriately express its true love for Adolf Hitler.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Real translation: thanks for the paycheck. Remember me when you need another yes person to be your scapegoat.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 103 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Media acting all surprised when “anti-Woke” means Hitler. That’s exactly what it means.

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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 97 points 1 day ago (7 children)

In response (or so it seems) to her tweeted resignation, someone managed to get Grok to sexually harass her

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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's kinda fucked up

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago

No shit. These are THE bad guys of all time

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 96 points 2 days ago

Yeah ... it's best to grab what money you can now and run ... because you won't be able to later

[–] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 90 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Literally haven't heard anything that this person did as CEO in the two years since she joined.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

she was hired to fix the advertiser exodus. Good reason to quit is this scandal would hurt her bonuses/job function.

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[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

She was happy to take the bag even after Musk’s nazi salutes but now runs away. I wish I could say ”better later than never’ but she was a CEO, not some random nobody working at the ”basement’. Fuck these people!

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 2 days ago (9 children)

If you hang out at a Nazi bar, you're a Nazi.

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds loke she found the line for being a fall guy that she wasn't willing to cross.

Not that anyone really believed Elon isn't calling all the shots here.

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thoughts and prayers for the next CEO to not get Grok-blocked.

Thankfully, Linda Yaccarino’s Golden Parachute worked perfectly fine.

[–] BubblyRomeo@kbin.earth 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I honestly think Musk will reserve the CEO position for himself. He's getting more and more power hungry lately. There's no way he's gonna share it with someone. And even if he does appoint a CEO they will just be a rubber stamp.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 days ago

I thought she was already a rubber stamp

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of people in this thread are falling for the classic weasel headline reporting trick of using the word "after" to imply a connection, when there's zero evidence in the article body to suggest it means anything other than two different events happened a day apart.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Exactly. A top executive leaving is rarely a snap decision, especially for companies that aren't publicly traded. I think the more likely explanation is that she joined under the assumption that Musk would let her handle things, and now Musk is wanting to get more involved now that his stint in DOGE is over, and she's not a fan of that. This was probably in the works for a month or two, and only announced today.

I also have no evidence for this, other than an understanding in how executive handoffs usually happen. Given her history at X, I highly doubt Grok would be what pushes her out.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

She peaced out 3 months after 2 years. I wonder if she had shit that paid out on her anniversary.

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[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not convinced she actually did anything as "CEO." I'm sure that Elon just told her what to do/say and she made it seem like they were her ideas. There's no way she had any ability to make any real changes or do any real work.

[–] match@pawb.social 14 points 2 days ago

i have huge news about what a CEO usually does

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 28 points 2 days ago

X Pretend CEO Linda Yaccarino

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She was a DEI hire anyway, right folks?

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[–] KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

I think she had a discussion with Musk about the AI and didn't like his answer. Escape before she is caught in the shit storm that is coming. Dunno. I don't make enough to speculate what a CEO would do.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago

Twitter has been a nazi shithole since day 1 of the Musk era. At least now people cant say they didn't know anymore. If you stick there your either a nazi-bitch, or a nazi's bitch.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

[taps microphone]

...

Ahem.

...

Yaccitey-Yacc, Don't Talk Back.

...

[leaves stage]

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess you could say she's the...

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...ex-CEO.

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[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago

I wonder if she signed an NDA that prevents her from saying she was greeted on her last day by a manic sweaty wide-eyed Elon musk demanding he be referred to as mechahitler.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 17 points 17 hours ago

Elon neuralinked into Grok AI, and mechahitler was the result.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 14 points 16 hours ago

she was only installed as a lightning rod for Musk for criticism nothing more.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who is liable for the output of Grok anyway? Would Germany like to ask about now

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