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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by anonymars on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:20PM (#44511866)
Right but the point was:

> *I love all the replies on Twitter thanking her* but during her time the valuation dropped 80% and they were suing advertisers for not advertising. Remarkably inept.

What was there to thank her for?

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by sorcerer-mar on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @01:05PM (#44512433)
Nothing! That's why I didn't comment on that. I commented on "remarkably inept."
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by anonymars on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:43PM (#44513485)
Gotcha. I guess another episode of "both participants think the other is crazy"

My read wasn't that the "inept" was specifically her, but rather the leadership of the company at the time in general (for which, regardless, she is being thanked on Twitter). In other words, either

(1) she was a figurehead that didn't do anything and thanking her is stupid

(2) she wasn't a figurehead and actually was in charge, in which case thanking her is still stupid because such leadership was inept (suing their advertisers, etc.)

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