X-formerly-Twitter is in deep trouble — and owner Elon Musk is on his knees, yet again, begging advertisers to return.
  • PDFuego@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 months ago

    “I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time, but at least you know it is genuine, not from the PR department,” he admitted.

    Well, at least the advertisers know he meant it when he literally told them to go fuck themselves. That’ll help, I think.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      81·
      3 months ago

      What companies really want to invest their advertising in is a company with a completely incompetent CEO who is genuine about it.

      • maynarkh
        21·
        3 months ago

        I trust they would have no problem if he just kept lying like everyone else.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      There’s a weird right-wing attitude that “it’s better to be an asshole who’s ‘real’ than to be nice but ‘fake.’”