Ex-CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, appears to have left the corporate on good phrases. That’s to say, Elon Musk has not disparaged her but, and we all know that he’s not recognized to mince phrases about his adversaries. However now, now we have the teeniest, tiniest morsel of proof that — perhaps, maybe, probably, if we squint our eyes actually, actually tight — one thing else might be happening.
Sure, reader. They took away Linda Yaccarino’s blue test!
Earlier than she stepped down, Yaccarino had a blue test subsequent to her show identify, accompanied by an X emblem, signifying that she is affiliated with the corporate that introduced us Mecha Hitler. Now, each badges are gone.
We are able to assume that Yaccarino was not paying for X Premium. In spite of everything, she was CEO. Do you assume Ted Sarandos pays for Netflix? Or that Mark Cuban is shopping for Dallas Mavericks tickets on StubHub?
Anybody can purchase a blue test, and typically, X will even give checkmarks to notable accounts to point out that they’re legit. (Right here’s a pitch: blue checks, however they’re solely given to notable accounts in order that it’s tougher to impersonate public figures? Nah, too boring.) However Linda’s account stays naked.
It is smart that they eliminated her affiliation with X, since she not works there — however the blue test, too?
Company transitions might be awkward. I do know this firsthand. Yahoo bought TechCrunch in the course of the company-wide March Insanity match. What would occur if I gained? Would I nonetheless get my coveted prize of a Yahoo Sports sweatshirt? This was not answered in any of the transition paperwork that had been ready for us, which oddly centered extra on issues like signing up for medical insurance.
However I received my hard-earned Yahoo Sports sweatshirt, and Linda deserves her blue test. She simply left a job the place she was chargeable for managing conditions like Elon Musk saying “go f— yourself” to advertisers on stage at a large, livestreamed occasion. Simply let her have this one.
