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And somehow he’s worth $655B. Pays to lie I guess haha.

• yifanl 6mo ago
  Lying is a competitive advantage, yes. Why do you think companies have marketing budgets?
  • voxadam 6mo ago
    Didn't Musk famously shutter Tesla's marketing department two years ago, nearly to the day?[1] It seems it's quite possible to lie effectively, repeatedly, and pervasively even without a marking department. Maybe Musk is just that good. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tesla-cuts-marketing-team-in-reversal-of-musk-s-nascent-ad-push https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tesla-cut...
    • stonogo 6mo ago
      They shuttered a marketing department -- the Content Growth team -- and Tesla still has marketing teams around the world.
    • Zigurd 6mo ago
      The army of YouTube stock pumpers didn't appear spontaneously. There's a budget for that.