New Twitter boss?

Elon Musk lets users vote on his chief post

Created: 12/19/2022, 8:25 am

By: Markus Hofstetter

Elon Musk has been criticized for his erratic leadership style on Twitter.

Now the users should vote on his future with the short message service.

San Francisco – Tech billionaire Elon Musk has Twitter users vote in a poll on whether he should remain head of the short message service.

“Should I resign as head of Twitter?

I will stick to the results of this survey,” he wrote on Twitter on Monday night.

Users can vote "Yes" or "No".

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Twitter had previously received massive criticism after the online network wanted to ban its users from advertising their presence on certain competing platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or Mastodon.

Musk later apparently backtracked, stating that accounts would only be suspended "if the 'primary' purpose of that account is to solicit competitors."

Elon Musk could soon be rid of his chief post on Twitter.

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In another tweet, Musk also promised to put major policy changes for the platform to the vote in the future.

"I beg your pardon.

Will not happen again."

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Many users then advertised Twitter competitor Mastodon as an alternative, which Musk probably wanted to prevent.

Musk has always presented himself as a champion of freedom of speech.

He finally propagated conspiracy theories on Twitter and used the platform to promote the US Republicans in his tweets.

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Things could also get tight for Twitter itself, Musk has already warned of a Twitter bankruptcy.

With his vote, however, he could bring the short message service back on track.

Because so far (as of December 19, 8:06 a.m.), a majority of over 56 percent agrees that Musk should give up his top job.