Elon Musk Twitter

2022 - 12 - 18

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Twitter to stop users linking to big social media platforms (BBC News)

The move affects content from platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post, the company said in a tweet. But cross- ...

"For someone who sets so much store by work ethic, Musk sure seems to spend a lot of time on social media. However, Mr Musk later tweeted that major policy changes for the site would be voted on in the future. In the past Mr Musk has obeyed Twitter polls. Mr Musk is yet to comment since the poll closed. Mr Ives said he believed Mr Musk had realised he "cannot balance" being the boss of Twitter as well as his Tesla and space rocket firm SpaceX. Mr Ives said the last few weeks and months had been a "black eye for Musk and a black eye for Tesla", which he said was the "golden child" because it is where most of the billionaire's wealth is. "Given how much of a distraction Musk's tenure at Twitter has become, shareholders in the electric vehicle manufacturer will be breathing a big sigh of relief if he steps back from Twitter and gets back to the day job at Tesla," he said. After starting the poll, Mr Musk tweeted: "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it." Dan Ives, senior equity analyst at Wedbush Securities, told the BBC before the poll closed that he believed the vote would ultimately lead to the ending of Mr Musk's reign as Twitter chief executive, and that he would probably name a new temporary CEO "in the next 24 hours". A former Twitter member of staff, who left the company recently, told the BBC that Mr Musk was "showing himself to be the incompetent fool we all knew he was". Minutes before the poll closed, the founder of crypto exchange Binance replied to Mr Musk saying he should "I imagine he's getting pressure from investors to step down and is using this poll to make it look like he's following the will of the people instead of the will of those paying his bills."

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Twitter Users Say Elon Musk Should Quit as C.E.O. (The New York Times)

After weeks of turmoil since he bought the company, Mr. Musk surveyed Twitter about whether he should remain in charge, and said he would abide by the ...

Mr. 27, the day Mr. Since Mr. [sold another $3.6 billion worth of Tesla stock](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/business/elon-musk-tesla-stock.html#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20Sells%20Another%20%243.6,Stock%20%2D%20The%20New%20York%20Times). [Twitter suspended ](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/technology/twitter-private-jet-accounts-suspended.html)about two dozen accounts that tracked the locations of private planes, including one that followed Mr. Musk said in another tweet: “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. After weeks of turmoil since he bought the company, Mr. Musk had said](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097) that he would abide by the results of the vote. Musk’s private jet, justifying the decision with a new policy that banned accounts if they shared another person’s “live location.” The accounts of some journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and other outlets, were also [suspended last week](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/business/elon-musk-twitter-suspensions.html), seemingly under the same policy, and then reinstated after Mr. Elon Musk asked Twitter users Sunday if he should step down as head of the social media site. The turbulent weeks since then have been marked by mass layoffs at the company, falling advertising sales, executive resignations and various high-profile user accounts suspended for infractions of newly invented policy. If he follows through, Mr.

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Twitter poll: Majority says Musk should step down as CEO (Axios)

Illustration of the Twitter bird flying past Elon Musk, leaving droppings on his shoulder. Photo illustration: Maura Losch. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ...

With advertisers fleeing the platform, he has begun But he's also known to change his mind. Tesla shares shot up nearly 5% in premarket trading Monday when the poll closed. He also suggested that the company was on "the fast lane to bankruptcy since May," even though the company at the time had more than $2 billion of cash in the bank. [massive hit](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/elon-musk-tesla-stock-twitter)in response to Musk's Twitter takeover. [flee the platform](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-advertising-targets-missed.html).

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Elon Musk's poll results are in: He should step down, Twitter voters say (CNN)

A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should "step down as head of Twitter" ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the ...

“The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.” The unusual turn of events highlights how Musk has seemingly abandoned a more careful deliberation process in favor of operating by his own whims. But Tesla shares were up 5% in premarket trading after the poll results were revealed. The list includes investor Jason Calacanis, Craft Ventures partner David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan, an Andreessen Horowitz general partner focused on crypto and Twitter’s former consumer teams lead. The policy was [deleted less than 24 hours after ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/tech/twitter-elon-musk-deletes-policy)its introduction. Twitter is on pace to lose $4 billion a year after the advertiser exodus, estimates Dan Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities. “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. Since Musk completed his Twitter takeover in October, a number of brands have paused advertising on the platform. [some former supporters](https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1604556563338887168) in the tech industry for a controversial new policy that had banned links to certain other social media platforms. [feud with Apple](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/tech/elon-musk-twitter-apple-app-store/index.html), [spread a conspiracy theory](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html) about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, and made at least one decision about who to allow on Twitter [based on his own feelings](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/tech/alex-jones-twitter-ban/index.html). [poll](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097) created by Elon Musk asking whether he should “ [step down as head of Twitter](http://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-poll/index.html)” ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative. [suspension of journalists](http://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/media/twitter-musk-journalists-hnk-intl/index.html) who cover him and whiplash [policy changes](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/twitter-ban-social-media-links/index.html) made and reversed in real time.

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