Users who participated in the Elon Musk Twitter poll want him gone
Users who participated in the Elon Musk Twitter poll want him gone
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USA: Millions of Twitter users called on Elon Musk to step down as CEO of Twitter, in a poll that the billionaire created and vowed to follow. However, as of Monday afternoon, there was no word on whether Musk would step down or on a possible replacement.

Under Musk's direction, Twitter has become more disorganized and unclear, with policies being frequently announced, then revoked or changed.

Tesla investors who are growing weary of the nonstop Twitter chaos that claims the eccentric CEO has been ousted from the electric car company, their main source of wealth, are almost certainly among those polling with the "Go" camp.

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Additionally, Musk contributed to the purchase of Twitter using his Tesla stock.

Since Musk took to Twitter on October 27, Tesla shares have plunged 35%, leaving investors with billions of dollars in losses. On April 1, the last trading day before Musk announced that he was accumulating Twitter shares, Tesla had a market value of over $1.1 trillion.

Since then, the company has lost 58% of its value at a time when other automakers are challenging Tesla's monopoly on the sale of electric vehicles.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote Monday, "Since the Twitter soap opera began, it's been a black-eye moment for Musk and a turning point on Tesla's stock, which continues to brutally decline."

Musk is "finally reading the room that is getting frustrated around this Twitter nightmare," according to Ives, so if his term ends up being a significant plus for Tesla stock.

Musk took pole for Sunday's World Cup final in Qatar. Musk has been unusually quiet on Twitter since polling closed early on Monday while he returned to the United States.

Musk has made a series of irrational choices on important topics affecting the social media platform, such as whether to allow the return of journalists he suspended from Twitter, which drew strong criticism both inside and outside the media. .

Since Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, there has been a growing sense of unrest on the social media platform that may have put the future of the company in the hands of its users.

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Those users include those who were recently allowed back on the platform by Musk, those who were banned for toxic and racist posts, and those who spread rumors.

Musk has seen a bewildering series of changes since buying Twitter that have worried advertisers and alienated users. He fired contract content moderators, laid off half the staff, and disbanded the Council of Trusts and Security Advisors.

They have stopped enforcing COVID-19 misinformation rules and demanded that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading authority on infectious diseases in the United States, be charged with a crime.

Musk has had several disagreements with users and on Sunday asked Twitter users to decide whether he should stay in charge.

Musk admitted that he had made a mistake in implementing new restrictions barring mention of rival social media websites.

The vote comes just after the most recent significant policy adjustment since Musk bought Twitter in October. Users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms that have been designated for "prohibition," according to a tweet from Twitter.

Early Monday, tweets from Twitter's "support" account and blog posts from Twitter informing users of "sanctions" mysteriously disappeared. It was impossible to inquire why Twitter no longer has a press department.

An immediate backlash followed that choice, including criticism from former supporters of Twitter's new owner. Musk vowed not to make any additional significant policy changes to Twitter without first conducting an online user survey.

After shutting down a Twitter account last week that had been monitoring the flights of his private jet, Musk took action to block competitors as some recently attempted to block the speech.

The platforms banned included well-known ones such as Facebook and Instagram, as well as competing Mastodon, Tribal, Nostra, Post and the Truth social platform run by former President Donald Trump.

Under Musk, a growing number of Twitter users have stopped using the service or opened new accounts on competing social media sites and added those addresses to their Twitter profiles.

On Twitter, Musk has defended free speech, but he deactivated the jet-tracking account because it posed a security risk. He cited that as justification for the last week decision to suspend the Twitter accounts of numerous journalists who cover Musk and Twitter, including writers for The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America, and other publications. Many of those accounts were recovered after Musk conducted an online survey.

Taylor Lorenz of the Washington Post was put on leave over the weekend after tweeting to the CEO of Twitter asking for an interview with Elon Musk.

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The executive editor of The Washington Post, Sally Buzbee, referred to it as a "arbitrary suspension of another Post journalist" that further disproved Musk's claim that Twitter would be run as a free speech-focused platform.

Again, there was no warning, procedure, or explanation before the suspension took effect; this time, a reporter had simply asked Musk for comment for a story, according to Buzbee. Lorenz's account and the tweet she believed had led to her suspension were both restored by Sunday noon.

On November 16, Musk was questioned in court about how he divides his time between Tesla and his other businesses, which include SpaceX and Twitter. 

A shareholder's challenge to Musk's potential $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company required him to give testimony in Delaware's Court of Chancery.

Musk claimed he never intended to lead any company as CEO and that he preferred to think of himself as an engineer.

Having a public conversation with Twitter users On Sunday, Musk expressed doubt about the chances of finding a replacement for Elon Musk as CEO, saying that candidate "must like pain a lot" to lead a business that "has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy."

"No one wants the position that can actually maintain Twitter's existence. No successor exists, Musk tweeted.

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