Elon Musk

2022 - 12 - 19

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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."

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.

Elon Musk Twitter poll ends with users seeking his departure (WOKV)

The billionaire Tesla CEO Musk had attended the World Cup final Sunday in Qatar, where he opened the poll. After it closed 12 hours later, there was no ...

[half of the workforce](https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-layoffs-c0334da78b3af9faf2f43cf3f6e52ffa), [axed contract content moderators](https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-misinformation-social-media-a469130efaebc8ed029a647a149c5049#:~:text=Twitter's%20new%20owner%20Elon%20Musk,were%20out%20of%20a%20job.) and [disbanded a council](https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-business-a9b795e8050de12319b82b5dd7118cd7) of trust and safety advisors. “Again, the suspension occurred with no warning, process or explanation — this time as our reporter merely sought comment from Musk for a story,” Buzbee said. Musk has advocated for free speech on Twitter, but shut down the jet-tracking account, calling it a security risk. Musk was questioned in court on Nov. Twitter had announced that users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms targeted for “prohibition.” Twitter no longer has a press office so it was not possible to ask why. Many of those accounts were restored following an online poll by Musk. Musk attended the World Cup final Sunday in Qatar, where he opened the poll. Shares of Tesla are down 35% since Musk took over Twitter on Oct. Tesla's market value was over $1.1 trillion on April 1, the last trading day before Musk disclosed he was buying up Twitter shares. He has [dropped enforcement of COVID-19 misinformation rules](https://apnews.com/article/twitter-ends-covid-misinformation-policy-cc232c9ce0f193c505bbc63bf57ecad6) and called for criminal charges against Dr. But by Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step aside or who the new leader might be.

Elon Musk Named Most Exhausting Person of 2022 (The New Yorker)

The Twitter C.E.O. wrested the titled from Donald J. Trump, who had won the honor every year from 2016 to 2021.

The Time editors’ decision drew no immediate response from Musk, who was preoccupied with a Twitter poll asking his followers what he should have for lunch. In bestowing the title on Musk, Time cited the Twitter C.E.O.’s “nonstop but fruitless efforts to fill the yawning chasm of his soul by seeking the attention of indifferent strangers.” Most impressive, he wrested the title from Donald J.

Ni una columna más sobre Elon Musk (The Washington Post)

Hay muchísima gente interesante y, en su lugar, tenemos que seguir lo que hace Elon Musk con Twitter y Donald Trump con Estados Unidos, porque sus caprichos ...

Mark Zuckerberg cambia un algoritmo y los medios de subsistencia en la economía de los creadores de contenido se estremecen de terror. El historiador antiguo Suetonio puede no haber sido la fuente más precisa, pero al ver a personas como Musk y Trump en acción, siento más simpatía por sus relatos sobre lo que terminaba haciendo la gente aburrida con un poder que respondía a sus caprichos. Pero una de las frustraciones menores —si lo vemos en un panorama amplio— y persistentes de la era del expresidente Donald Trump fue la enorme cantidad de capacidad intelectual que todo tipo de personas (buenas, trabajadoras, incluso ingeniosas) tuvieron que gastar observando el abismo insondable de sus palabras y acciones para tratar de extraer algún significado de ellas. ¿Que quizás quiere traer de vuelta a Twitter voces horripilantes de extrema derecha, no por un compromiso abstracto y de principios con la libertad de expresión, sino porque son voces que disfruta escuchar; y silencia a periodistas y críticos porque son las voces que no disfruta?) Uno de los tuits más acertados que he leído sobre Twitter es que cada día tiene a un nuevo protagonista y el objetivo es no serlo. Uno piensa, al ver la película: “Bueno, ¡al menos estamos en una etapa de la civilización en la que ya no tenemos que hacer eso!

Here's who Elon Musk could pick to be Twitter's next CEO (CNN)

The short list likely includes investor Jason Calacanis, Craft Ventures partner David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan, an Andreessen Horowitz general partner focused ...

Musk pushed out the company’s former leadership and board of directors, and as the company’s owner and sole board director, he will ultimately have the power to hire and fire whoever he wants at the company’s helm. A Twitter user asked Sacks last month what he and Musk disagree about, and Sacks responded with just one thing: “Chess.” Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder, CEO of Block and friend to Musk, has previously said he would not return to run the social network. Kushner also previously owned the weekly New York newspaper, the New York Observer. The majority of respondents voted for “other.” He also previously worked on mobile ad products for Snap and Facebook. He has also launched several media properties and hosts two podcasts (one in partnership with Sacks). The poll [ended Monday morning](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/tech/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-poll/index.html) with 57% of voters in favor of Musk handing off the top job. Tesla stock is down 34% since his deal to buy Twitter closed and more than 63% since the start of this year, as investors worry about his many competing priorities. If Musk were to look for a new Twitter CEO, he’d likely have many willing takers. Already, the list of people who have offered to run the platform includes former T-Mobile CEO John Legere, MIT artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman and rapper Snoop Dogg (who could perhaps run Twitter with the help of his friend and entertainment personality Martha Stewart). The short list likely 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.

Elon Musk breaks silence after 10 million Twitter users vote for him ... (The Guardian)

The billionaire says only paid Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote in future policy-related polls on the platform.

That led in turn to an exodus of some engaged users to other social networks, chiefly its decentralised competitor Mastodon, whose own account was banned for posting a link to the jet tracker’s account on the rival platform. His silence was finally broken when he responded with “Interesting” to multiple suggestions that the results of the poll were skewed by fake accounts. [told a Delaware judge](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/16/musk-twitter-reduce-time-handover) that he planned to reduce his time at Twitter and “find somebody else to run Twitter over time”. [after one poll in 2021](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1457064697782489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1457066048944066565%7Ctwgr%5Ee47a790e3036bafe3c438bea0d85984c8812eba8%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2021%2F11%2F06%2Felon-musk-is-using-a-twitter-poll-to-decide-the-future-of-his-tesla-stock.html), restoring Donald Trump’s account [after a second last month](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593767953706921985) and reinstating a number of suspended accounts [after a third](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146). That ban was rescinded by the end of the day, after a Twitter poll from the Twitter Safety account, with A decision to ban an account that tracked the location of his private jet last week was followed by