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IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform, whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages.

To be clear: Musk endorsed a tweet which used a false antisemitic conspiracy theory to tell people why "Hitler was right"

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Phew, this could really tarnish his reputation.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Linda Yaccarino accepting that position... talk about a poisoned chalice.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure she's getting paid enough to support herself and whatever kid(s) might result from Musk after 𝕏itter is done.

[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had to have been a guaranteed position. Basically you take this job and no matter what happens we will pay you x million total . If you get fired we pay you this much total.

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[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She seems to be fully on board with the program.

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 14 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Why TF is IBM advertising on X? They sell mainframes. Who is scrolling through X and thinks 'shit, I could really use a mainframe'?

[–] ARk@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

...they don't operate exclusively in the mainframe business?

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

IBM has almost left the sales sector completely. They're basically consultants to huge companies now. They found there was a lot more money in running financial companies datacenters.

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[–] arquebus_x@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Jesus Christ that NYT article has so many weasel words in it. "Seen as", "appear to be," blah blah blah. I hate the NYT.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

IBM gone, Apple gone, Disney gone. As I don't use Twix: Who is still spending marketing money on Elon's shitberg?

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

He's got the reverse Midas touch.

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (10 children)

That's bold coming from the company (IBM) that helped the Nazis organize a well structured genocide.

reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

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[–] ahriboy@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

More advertisers will withdraw from X later.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hundreds of billions of dollars and the bastard STILL can't grow a beard. Just shave ya racist fuck.

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