Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fake account debacle

Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by delecti on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:37PM (#33600640)

> And it also doesn't take a genius to make changes a little slower and more conservatively

This is what gets me. He's basically speedrunning a world-class demonstration of the lesson of Chesterton's fence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by strangattractor on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:44PM (#33600738)

What we have here is a failure to communicate - Musk suffers from Tony Stark Syndrome which is caused by excessive exposure to Ayn Rand novels, Marvel Comics and Twinkie's.

https://watchfuleye.online/whisky70/2017/8/1/the-one-great-m...

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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by pvaldes on Monday November 14, 2022 @05:08PM (#33601966)

If twitter is bleeding money so fast, slow changes of direction are not the first choice

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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by terribleperson on Monday November 14, 2022 @06:57PM (#33603224)

A substantial portion (more than half?) of its bleeding is a direct result of Musk's purchase of twitter. The debt he introduced is the bulk of it, but it is compounded by a reduction in advertising revenue.

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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by MivLives on Monday November 14, 2022 @05:18PM (#33602086)

Great quote for this. And a lot of other situations software people find themselves in.

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