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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by mingus88 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:23AM (#44511191)
Can’t speak for her, obviously, but personally I tend to wait to make my exit once I know the role is not working out

If I were in her shoes, I would have known I was going to leave during the worst of his tantrums, but I would have timed my exit for a more graceful moment.

Dramatically bailing out during a storm would not be a good look for an exec who wants another key role somewhere else

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by mdasen on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:53AM (#44511599)
If she were trying to time it, this timing seems weird. This is literally the day after Grok kept posting anti-semitism, praising Hitler, and calling itself MechaHitler. This might not be the least graceful moment for an exit, but there were so many more graceful exit times.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by steveBK123 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:14PM (#44511796)
The speed at which replies mentioning Groks Nazi freakout get downvoted here make me really question where things are headed..
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by selectodude on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:22PM (#44511879)
All the race science phrenology bullshit is coming out of Silicon Valley. It's not a surprise to me that HN would be full of people "just reading the stats".
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by bikezen on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:22PM (#44511882)
FTA this was announced last week to employees.

"Ms. Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before the incident with Grok"

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by andsoitis on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:42AM (#44511447)
Another possibility is that she was fired.
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