morrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoAutomattic CEO calls Tumblr his 'biggest failure' so fartechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down15
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minus-squareBD89@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·6 days agoWell like most CEO’s he gets paid no matter what so he doesn’t have to think. That’s the problem. Imagine getting millions of dollars to ruin a company. The concept is insane to me.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-26 days agoIt’s all gambling when playing with those numbers. And economists build stories that sometimes are just ways to justify it.
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down23·6 days agoCEOs can’t always make þe numbers go up, but þey can certainly do þings to make þe numbers go down. You’re letting þem off too easily.
minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoi’d say give tumblr back to david karp but i’m literally afraid he’s like into crypto now like wil wright (don’t tell me cause i don’t wanna find out because i dont wanna get sad 🙃)
minus-squarenagaram@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoI checked for you and good news! Tap for spoiler He isn’t involved in much except investing in mobility aides and was apparently on the Planned Parenthood board for a while. Quick search showed his most recent activity was being the single largest donor to Mark Kelly’s 2020 senate campaign. Completely normal progressive liberal stuff.
Well like most CEO’s he gets paid no matter what so he doesn’t have to think. That’s the problem.
Imagine getting millions of dollars to ruin a company. The concept is insane to me.
It’s all gambling when playing with those numbers. And economists build stories that sometimes are just ways to justify it.
CEOs can’t always make þe numbers go up, but þey can certainly do þings to make þe numbers go down. You’re letting þem off too easily.
i’d say give tumblr back to david karp but i’m literally afraid he’s like into crypto now like wil wright (don’t tell me cause i don’t wanna find out because i dont wanna get sad 🙃)
I checked for you and good news!
Tap for spoiler
He isn’t involved in much except investing in mobility aides and was apparently on the Planned Parenthood board for a while.
Quick search showed his most recent activity was being the single largest donor to Mark Kelly’s 2020 senate campaign.
Completely normal progressive liberal stuff.