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I wonder if the role was anything but token - I would imagine the political pressures of dealing with such a multi-headed beast as Yahoo would be enough to dull

by muglug 13y ago

I wonder if the role was anything but token - I would imagine the political pressures of dealing with such a multi-headed beast as Yahoo would be enough to dull any overarching creative expression. Prime example of where politics stymies design/UX: 8 years after acquisition, Flickr still requires its users sign in via a Yahoo pop-up.

gcb0 13y ago
Even the chief architects have little to say on technical decisions on a company this size. I'd bet that you are correct, just a token position put there by former ceo. I'd also bet Terry semel on this one, as he created positions for pretty much anything he didn't understand (ie everything)