Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity (opens in new tab)

(axios.com)

35 pointssmaili2y ago10 comments

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I tried to start an ad campaign on X to measure the CPM's on there for various keywords, and they haven't approved my ad campaign.

You would think a company that is desperately trying to increase ad revenue wouldn't make me wait 2 months to start giving them money.

mgerullis2y ago

Seems that cutting most staff does have repercussions

ncr1002y ago

Social networking à la Musk is right-sizing its commercial relevance.

thegrim332y ago

Is there a name for the propaganda tactic of attaching people's names to headlines in order to associate a negative event with their name? I see it happening pretty often in the last few years.

Also, if X's valuation ever goes back up will these same people write a similar article about it, and attach his name to that positive event? Or would it just be ignored and not reported on?

wizzwizz42y ago

Lots of things are called X, so either you call it Twitter or you disambiguate in some way.

You can't claim a letter of the alphabet in the global namespace. Not even C gets to do that.

anigbrowl2y ago

It's not a propaganda tactic when he's the sole owner and the face of the brand. Technically Linda Yaccarino is CEO but nobody seems to think she has any say in the direction of the company.

ncr1002y ago

Is the suggestion that Elon Musk has no or little influence over Fidelity's drastically bad valuation change? And also that Axios is engaging in propaganda?

I infer that from the comment. I am not an expert on propaganda.

I do read critically too however. I wonder if I'm missing some connecting detail?

add-sub-mul-div2y ago

Live by culture war dipshit notoriety, die by culture war dipshit notoriety.

sigmar2y ago

Other axios headlines that take 5 seconds to google:

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins contract to build NASA's lunar lander

Putting Elon Musk’s Tesla into climate change perspective

https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-luna...

https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-in...

rsynnott2y ago

> in order to associate a negative event with their name?

…

I mean, it is _his fault_. Are you aware of the phrase “the buck stops here”? And from a practical point of view, just “X” is pretty ambiguous, and the “X, formerly known as Twitter” thing is cumbersome.

What makes you think this is propaganda? In service of what ends? Propaganda doesn’t just mean “news I don’t like”, or even “poorly/clickbait-y reported news I don’t like”.

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10 comments

londons_explore2y ago

I tried to start an ad campaign on X to measure the CPM's on there for various keywords, and they haven't approved my ad campaign.

You would think a company that is desperately trying to increase ad revenue wouldn't make me wait 2 months to start giving them money.

mgerullis2y ago

Seems that cutting most staff does have repercussions

ncr1002y ago

Social networking à la Musk is right-sizing its commercial relevance.

thegrim332y ago

Is there a name for the propaganda tactic of attaching people's names to headlines in order to associate a negative event with their name? I see it happening pretty often in the last few years.

Also, if X's valuation ever goes back up will these same people write a similar article about it, and attach his name to that positive event? Or would it just be ignored and not reported on?

wizzwizz42y ago

Lots of things are called X, so either you call it Twitter or you disambiguate in some way.

You can't claim a letter of the alphabet in the global namespace. Not even C gets to do that.

anigbrowl2y ago

It's not a propaganda tactic when he's the sole owner and the face of the brand. Technically Linda Yaccarino is CEO but nobody seems to think she has any say in the direction of the company.

ncr1002y ago

Is the suggestion that Elon Musk has no or little influence over Fidelity's drastically bad valuation change? And also that Axios is engaging in propaganda?

I infer that from the comment. I am not an expert on propaganda.

I do read critically too however. I wonder if I'm missing some connecting detail?

add-sub-mul-div2y ago

Live by culture war dipshit notoriety, die by culture war dipshit notoriety.

sigmar2y ago

Other axios headlines that take 5 seconds to google:

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins contract to build NASA's lunar lander

Putting Elon Musk’s Tesla into climate change perspective

https://www.axios.com/2021/04/16/spacecx-musk-nasa-moon-luna...

https://www.axios.com/2018/08/24/putting-elon-musks-tesla-in...

rsynnott2y ago

> in order to associate a negative event with their name?

…

What makes you think this is propaganda? In service of what ends? Propaganda doesn’t just mean “news I don’t like”, or even “poorly/clickbait-y reported news I don’t like”.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse