China News Service, December 19th. According to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) report, on the 18th local time, Musk launched a vote on Twitter on "whether he should step down as Twitter CEO". After the voting channel was closed, the results showed that more than half People support him to step down as Twitter CEO.
Image source: Musk Twitter screenshot.
According to reports, on the 18th local time, Musk wrote on Twitter, "Should I resign as the head of Twitter? I will abide by the voting results." Under this tweet, netizens can participate in voting and choose "Yes" or "No".
After the 12-hour voting channel was closed, as of 6:20 a.m. Eastern Time (19:20 Beijing Time), 17.5 million users participated in the voting, 57.5% of the netizens chose "Yes", and 42.5% of the netizens chose "No" .
He then tweeted, “As the saying goes, be careful what you want because you might get it.” As of now, Musk has not commented further on the poll results.
Musk has asked users on Twitter several times before, including whether he should bring former President Trump back to Twitter.
According to a CNN report, the results of the poll come at a time when the Twitter business is facing new challenges.
Since Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter in October, many brands have suspended advertising on Twitter.
Musk himself has often said that Twitter's financial situation is dire.
Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives (Dan Ives) previously estimated that Twitter will lose $4 billion a year after the loss of advertisers.