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What happened behind the scenes at the X CEO's disastrous coming out party

7 points by bluefishinit 3y ago

ggm 3y ago
The not nice bit, I can definitely relate. It would be awful to get this diverted from what was expected to be a love-in. But, this is why c suite execs are paid the big bucks, and there are questions which I think all of us would love to see put and hear answered. Since its gone mostly private, the whole "shareholders deserve to know" thing and "that's a market moving question" risk has gone. Now, it's just gossip. Ex Twitter user, left before the dumpster fire owner bought it.
- rewmie 3y ago
  > It would be awful to get this diverted from what was expected to be a love-in. Was it expected to be a love-in, though? When an exec takes over a position, the most basic questions are about what challenges predecessors faced and what are their plans to tackle those, and what are today's most-pressing challenges and how does the exec plan to address them. Otherwise it's just an unashamed and vacuous PR stunt.
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dekhn 3y ago
I expected her to last exactly one year but now I'm wondering if it will be 6 months. she didn't do her research before signing up. and now she's realizing she not only inherited the dumpster fire, she's going to take some of the blame with Musk.
clouddrover 3y ago
> Still, some criticized Swisher and Code for "sandbagging" Yaccarino, needlessly putting her in a position to make her look bad in her appearance at a tech conference. Yaccarino sandbagged herself when she took the job. She put herself in a position that makes her look bad. She decided the pay packet was worth the inevitable reputational damage. > Asked by Boorstin if she is CEO in name only, Yaccarino called the question "not nice." The truth rarely is.
clouddrover 3y ago
Yoel Roth interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XoUUYeZD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XoUUYeZD8 Linda Yaccarino interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ
rsynnott 3y ago
> Still, some criticized Swisher and Code for "sandbagging" Yaccarino, needlessly putting her in a position to make her look bad in her appearance at a tech conference. Oh, grow up. No-one owes the CEO of Twitter an easy interview.

7 points by bluefishinit 3y ago

ggm 3y ago

The not nice bit, I can definitely relate. It would be awful to get this diverted from what was expected to be a love-in. But, this is why c suite execs are paid the big bucks, and there are questions which I think all of us would love to see put and hear answered. Since its gone mostly private, the whole "shareholders deserve to know" thing and "that's a market moving question" risk has gone. Now, it's just gossip. Ex Twitter user, left before the dumpster fire owner bought it.

rewmie 3y ago
> It would be awful to get this diverted from what was expected to be a love-in. Was it expected to be a love-in, though? When an exec takes over a position, the most basic questions are about what challenges predecessors faced and what are their plans to tackle those, and what are today's most-pressing challenges and how does the exec plan to address them. Otherwise it's just an unashamed and vacuous PR stunt.
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dekhn 3y ago

I expected her to last exactly one year but now I'm wondering if it will be 6 months. she didn't do her research before signing up. and now she's realizing she not only inherited the dumpster fire, she's going to take some of the blame with Musk.

clouddrover 3y ago

> Still, some criticized Swisher and Code for "sandbagging" Yaccarino, needlessly putting her in a position to make her look bad in her appearance at a tech conference. Yaccarino sandbagged herself when she took the job. She put herself in a position that makes her look bad. She decided the pay packet was worth the inevitable reputational damage. > Asked by Boorstin if she is CEO in name only, Yaccarino called the question "not nice." The truth rarely is.

clouddrover 3y ago

Yoel Roth interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XoUUYeZD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XoUUYeZD8 Linda Yaccarino interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ

rsynnott 3y ago

> Still, some criticized Swisher and Code for "sandbagging" Yaccarino, needlessly putting her in a position to make her look bad in her appearance at a tech conference. Oh, grow up. No-one owes the CEO of Twitter an easy interview.