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Re:Elizabeth Holmes fails to keep customer complaints, test ... by carbonatedmilk on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @09:44PM (#28068768)
The fake voice is interesting - She read all the literature that people with deeper voices get more respect, more funding and are given the benefit of the doubt more often.

And she said 'Well, that seems easy. I'll just talk lower'

This is the kind of thing 'growth hacker' types would normally idolise, rather than ridicule.

I think the voice thing has been conflated with the fact that she was running a huge scam, which we've decided is generally ok when you're making a food delivery app, but is definitely not ok when you're testing people for HIV.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes fails to keep customer complaints, test ... by cmckn on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:50PM (#28069236)
I don’t fault her for growth hacking truly, but faking a deep voice for years to everyone inside and outside the company is pretty extreme in my opinion. It wasn’t just that she did the voice in a couple important meetings with some Old Guard suits. The voice plus the Steve Jobs cosplay makes her border on performance art. It’s one of my favorite things to happen in the last decade.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes fails to keep customer complaints, test ... by sleepybrett on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:58PM (#28069709)
It's really not. I have a friend who is a radio dj. She has a very different sounding voice in that role. Hell many people I know have a 'phone voice' they use with everyone but those that are closest to them. This is just an extreme example of it. This woman has done plenty of crimes, trying to turn this voice thing into a symptom of some perceived neurological/psychological condition seems pointless.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes fails to keep customer complaints, test ... by ALittleLight on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:09PM (#28068952)
People definitely would have idolized her and copied deep talking - if she had succeeded.
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