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Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges (futurism.com)

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Musk sheepishly suggested that he didn't mean "advertisers as a whole."

"Advertisers have a right to appear next to content that they find compatible with their brands," he told ad giant WPP CEO Mark Read during an interview on Wednesday. "What is not cool is insisting that there can be no content that they disagree with on the platform."

How is that “not cool?” I don’t understand how he can possibly object to a company spending their advertising dollars wherever they damn well choose to. He repeatedly makes it clear that he feels entitled to their budgets. There is zero basis for that. I truly cannot fathom how he can be so dense about this.

[–] Metacortechs@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He can object because he's decided that's what is right. Literally nothing else matters.

The piece of shit that used to own my company is like this. His decision is correct and gospel, and if you don't agree or if it's provably false you are wrong. And it's your fault you are wrong, because he has decided it to be correct.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Right but the bubble of rightness you speak of is usually only assumed to include the company staff. Really powerful CEOs have their board inside the bubble too, or even public investors. But Elon thinks the customers work for him too. That’s really beyond the pale.

[–] Metacortechs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No argument here. Just highlighting the absolutely insane mindset of business owners/CEOs at all scales.