X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform

Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by michaelt on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:34PM (#44514944)

> If a controversial rich guy offers you a CEO job that consists entirely of laundering his reputation by pretending his decisions are your own, you have a social responsibility not to take it.

I don't think you become the CEO of any major company by believing that "social responsibility" exists. Doesn't the job pretty much select for the type of person who thinks the world owes them $20+ million a year?

With that said - it's dumb to blame the puppet for the acts of the ventriloquist.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by XorNot on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @06:51PM (#44515518)

"just following orders" has been well established as no defense, and is more relevant than usual.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by BurningFrog on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @07:12PM (#44515656)

In a genocide context, sure. I don't think that applies here.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by sorokod on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:35PM (#44516932)

"just following orders" implies being morally bankrupt in general.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by chgs on Thursday July 10, 2025 @02:31AM (#44517949)

It’s Facebook that causes genocide, not Twitter. Funny how the left gives sick a far easier pass.

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