When it comes to Twitter, Elon Musk is putting his resignation in the hands of the community.
Late on Sunday night, the creator of Tesla tweeted a poll on the social networking platform asking his more than 120 million followers and other users whether they thought he should stand down from his position with the business.
Should I resign as Twitter’s CEO? I’ll follow the poll’s outcomes, the Chief Twit wrote shortly before 6.30 o’clock.
More than 5.3 million people had voted in the survey in less than two hours, with the majority supporting Musk’s resignation. The following tweet from Musk may have been prompted by those findings: “As the adage goes, be careful what you wish for, as you just may get it.”
Just after 8 o’clock Eastern Standard Time, 3,208,000 votes, or 58% of the electorate, chose to support his resignation.
The replies to Musk’s tweets were, to put it mildly, mixed. While many Twitter users shared the poll in the hopes that the numbers would continue to support his departure, others crowded his comments section pleading with him to remain.
“People voting yes do understand that Elon is still going to control Twitter, he’s simply going to hire someone to run it on a day-to-day basis, but still have say in everything, therefore your yes vote is pointless,” commented Steve Rudden, a sports writer for USA Today.
Molly Jong Fast, a special reporter for Vanity Fair, stated, “I’m not convinced this is the most scientific approach to make a choice like this.”
“I abstain.” because it’s clear that you desire to become better. Own up to your errors. Move forward. Improve,” one guy commented.
Let me foresee the results of this poll: If “yes,” Elon will continue to serve as CEO for a few more months until he finds a devout replacement. If “no,” Elon will continue to serve as CEO until he finds a loyal replacement for a few more months, according to one Twitter user.
In recent days and weeks, Musk has drawn criticism for his management of the app, particularly the recent suspension of prominent journalists who have written about him.
He removed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz from the app on Saturday night after she was accused of disclosing Ariadna Jacob’s precise address in a 2020 piece.
In a TikTok video, Lorenz acknowledged being banned from the site on Saturday night, but Musk claimed he would remove the restriction less than 12 hours later.
In response to a Tweet announcing Lorenz’s suspension, Musk said, “Temp suspension due to earlier doxxing conduct by this account.” “Will soon be removed.”
When Musk restored nine journalists who had been suspended the day before, he did a similar step on Friday night.
The internet giant let users select whether to reactivate those accounts in another poll that was chosen by app users.
“The people have had their say. Accounts that doxxed my whereabouts will no longer be suspended,’ Musk tweeted on Friday night.
After they reported on his decision to suspend an account that tracked his usage of a private plane, the owner of Twitter on Thursday barred journalists from CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications.
The Main Twit also caused controversy last week when he attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, in a number of ways.
A number of people reacted to Musk’s remark about declaring pronouns as well as his anger at the infectious disease specialist when he claimed in one tweet that his “pronouns are prosecute/Fauci.”
Another tweet from Musk included Dr. Fauci’s face as a meme, saying to U.S. President Joe Biden, “Just one more lockdown, my king.”
Fauci deceived Congress and received funding for gain-of-function research, according to Musk. Not great in my opinion.
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