Still an American billionaire Elon Musk It raises controversy, with its suggestions and referendums, since it acquired the largest share in the famous social networking site, Twitter
After the tech giant questioned the blue bird’s chances of survival, asking in his tweet: “Is Twitter dying?”, it returned and published a poll in which it asked its followers if they supported the transformation of Twitter headquarters into a major center for the homeless living since no one worked there. , as he put it.
Accounts with millions of followers.. do not interact
Musk also published statistics on the top 10 Twitter accounts with the most followers, but most of those accounts rarely tweet or post very little content, he says.
Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
He explained that among the top 10 accounts, the accounts of former US President Barack Obama, pop stars Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and football star Cristiano Ronaldo, but he pointed out at the same time that Swift, for example, She hasn’t posted anything in the past 3 months, while Bieber has only tweeted once in the whole year!
“provocative moves”
It is noteworthy that Musk, who is ranked eighth in the world rankings with more than 81 million subscribers on Twitter, sparked a wave of speculation following he hinted at the possibility of introducing some modifications to the famous platform, especially following buying a stake in its shares.
Some considered that such tweets were provocative moves by the American billionaire, who caused panic among the company’s own employees regarding the company’s future and ability to manage content.
Despite Twitter’s assertion this week that the board does not make political decisions, four of the platform’s employees told Archyde.com, they are deeply concerned regarding Musk’s ability to influence the company’s policies around abusive users and harmful content.
They also argued that his presence on the board would weaken the possibility of making Twitter a place for healthy discourse, and possibly allow phishing and mob attacks to become popular because of his views.
It is noteworthy that the head of the famous Tesla company acquired 9.2% of Twitter shares, according to what the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week, which prompted the company’s shares to record a rise of regarding 25% during pre-market trading.
Musk bought regarding 73.5 million Twitter shares on March 14, bringing the stake to $2.89 billion.
