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[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Money has been spent, budgets committed, etc. Think of it like steering a large ship. You may turn the wheel immediately, but the ship will take time to adjust it's course.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but it has also been 2 full years since he bought it

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahh...the fortune 500 excuse...luckily those ships contain cash hordes that won't run out for decades to centuries.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

It takes time for approvals and the general clusterfuck of decision-making. I'm not defending it, just what I see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

The Titanic Effect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes but also not really, they could just stop buying those ads

[–] Rampsquatch 3 points 2 weeks ago

And if they already paid for a certain amount of ads? What if there is a contract and they are obligated to have their ads on the platform for a certain amount of time? There are any number of reasons why they can't just pull the plug , no matter how much they may or may not want to.