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Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity

35 points by smaili 3y ago

thegrim33 3y ago
Is there a name for the propaganda tactic of attaching people's names to headlines in order to associate a negative event with their name? I see it happening pretty often in the last few years. Also, if X's valuation ever goes back up will these same people write a similar article about it, and attach his name to that positive event? Or would it just be ignored and not reported on?
- rsynnott 3y ago
  > in order to associate a negative event with their name? … I mean, it is _his fault_. Are you aware of the phrase “the buck stops here”? And from a practical point of view, just “X” is pretty ambiguous, and the “X, formerly known as Twitter” thing is cumbersome. What makes you think this is propaganda? In service of what ends? Propaganda doesn’t just mean “news I don’t like”, or even “poorly/clickbait-y reported news I don’t like”.
- anigbrowl 3y ago
  It's not a propaganda tactic when he's the sole owner and the face of the brand. Technically Linda Yaccarino is CEO but nobody seems to think she has any say in the direction of the company.
- deleted 3y ago
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- ncr100 3y ago
  Is the suggestion that Elon Musk has no or little influence over Fidelity's drastically bad valuation change? And also that Axios is engaging in propaganda? I infer that from the comment. I am not an expert on propaganda. I do read critically too however. I wonder if I'm missing some connecting detail?
- wizzwizz4 3y ago
  Lots of things are called X, so either you call it Twitter or you disambiguate in some way. You can't claim a letter of the alphabet in the global namespace. Not even C gets to do that.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
  Live by culture war dipshit notoriety, die by culture war dipshit notoriety.
- sigmar 3y ago
  Other axios headlines that take 5 seconds to google: Elon Musk's SpaceX wins contract to build NASA's lunar lander Putting Elon Musk’s Tesla into climate change perspective https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-lunar-landing https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-luna... https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-into-climate-change-perspective https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-in...
ncr100 3y ago
Social networking à la Musk is right-sizing its commercial relevance.
londons_explore 3y ago
I tried to start an ad campaign on X to measure the CPM's on there for various keywords, and they haven't approved my ad campaign. You would think a company that is desperately trying to increase ad revenue wouldn't make me wait 2 months to start giving them money.
- mgerullis 3y ago
  Seems that cutting most staff does have repercussions

35 points by smaili 3y ago

Is there a name for the propaganda tactic of attaching people's names to headlines in order to associate a negative event with their name? I see it happening pretty often in the last few years. Also, if X's valuation ever goes back up will these same people write a similar article about it, and attach his name to that positive event? Or would it just be ignored and not reported on?

rsynnott 3y ago
> in order to associate a negative event with their name? … I mean, it is _his fault_. Are you aware of the phrase “the buck stops here”? And from a practical point of view, just “X” is pretty ambiguous, and the “X, formerly known as Twitter” thing is cumbersome. What makes you think this is propaganda? In service of what ends? Propaganda doesn’t just mean “news I don’t like”, or even “poorly/clickbait-y reported news I don’t like”.
anigbrowl 3y ago
It's not a propaganda tactic when he's the sole owner and the face of the brand. Technically Linda Yaccarino is CEO but nobody seems to think she has any say in the direction of the company.
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ncr100 3y ago
Is the suggestion that Elon Musk has no or little influence over Fidelity's drastically bad valuation change? And also that Axios is engaging in propaganda? I infer that from the comment. I am not an expert on propaganda. I do read critically too however. I wonder if I'm missing some connecting detail?
wizzwizz4 3y ago
Lots of things are called X, so either you call it Twitter or you disambiguate in some way. You can't claim a letter of the alphabet in the global namespace. Not even C gets to do that.
add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
Live by culture war dipshit notoriety, die by culture war dipshit notoriety.
sigmar 3y ago
Other axios headlines that take 5 seconds to google: Elon Musk's SpaceX wins contract to build NASA's lunar lander Putting Elon Musk’s Tesla into climate change perspective https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-lunar-landing https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-luna... https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-into-climate-change-perspective https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-in...

ncr100 3y ago

Social networking à la Musk is right-sizing its commercial relevance.

londons_explore 3y ago

I tried to start an ad campaign on X to measure the CPM's on there for various keywords, and they haven't approved my ad campaign. You would think a company that is desperately trying to increase ad revenue wouldn't make me wait 2 months to start giving them money.

mgerullis 3y ago
Seems that cutting most staff does have repercussions