Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ianbetteridge@writing.exchange ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:
Who could possibly have predicted that telling advertisers to "go fuck yourselves" would result in even more advertisers leaving your platform?
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- Quote from a Financial Times story which says: Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/bd56a91a-9c99-4184-b230-9b7c3de19f79 “This is LinkedIn season,” said Leesha Anderson, the vice-president of digital marketing and social media at Outcast ad agency. “Most have switched over to LinkedIn over the past year . . . A few weeks ago most of our clients were off X. Now they are all off X.” Last month, Musk told groups including Apple, Disney and Walmart that have abandoned X following an antisemitism row to “go fuck” themselves. In a December pitch deck for marketers seen by the Financial Times, LinkedIn told brands they could “work with a partner who respects the world you operate in”. (remote)