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[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For context, this all started Thursday when the ADL xeeted that is had a "frank and productive" conversation with X's CEO. She replied with some warm and fuzzy PR bullshit about working together to improve the platform blah blah blah. But the right wing nutjobs weren't happy with the implication that X was in anyway cooperating with the ADL and there was immediate backlash. "Ban the ADL" became a trending hashtag, because, according to the racist majority on X, the ADL is the actual hate group and they pressure advertisers who in turn pressure platforms to "ban free speech." Musk, always quick to undermine the sad sack holding the title "CEO" jumped on that bandwagon and been xeeting about it all weekend, threatening to ban them, generally talking trash, and now threatening to sue.

I find it depressing that I'm aware of all this.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's hard to take that seriously when you use "xeeted".

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

The whole website needs to be xeeted out of xistence at this point.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I call them x-cretions. So you x-crete them.

[–] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of hearing zeeted and zooted all the time on Dota back in the day

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I almost feel bad for the new "CEO". It really seems like she's doing her best to give the impression that Twitter is still a sane company with reasonable business practices, only for Elon to completely disregard her messaging and do the exact opposite.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

She's doing exactly what she was hired to do.

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would feel bad if it wasn't obvious that Musk would do this. It is impossible for him to control himself. He can't help to put his dumbass opinion in the mix, no matter how much it hurts him personally and professionally. It's the reason he was forced to buy Twitter in the first place.

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Drop me in her seat for 7 figures with a nice kick-out clause (no stock, please) and I’ll pretend Xitter is a wholesome, thoughtful, productive corporate citizen, too.

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That too. Assuming she is getting paid and not screwed like some of Twitter's former employees, I'm sure she can cry into her pile of money.

[–] markr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

she's a 'ceo' like the barista at starbucks is a 'manager'.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a shitty position to be in so I almost feel bad as well, except literally everyone knew this was going to happen when she joined. But I doubt she thought, "What's the worst that could happen? I have a bland conversation with the ADL, and Musk spends the weekend retweeting self deacribed antisemites and threatening to ban/sue the ADL?"

She is scheduled to be at the Code Conference hosted by the Verge/Vox at the end of September. I'm really interested in how she answers when asked about being undermined, especially now that the undermining has taken the form of her boss just being an outright antisemite.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"Look he's not an antisemite, he just thinks antisemitic people should have free speech, but not anyone pointing out that he thinks that"

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He proved the ADL's point too by unbanning avowed racists she supremacists.