In a surprising and unimaginable decision, Elon Musk decided to leave the Twitter forum, even before joining it! Parag Agrawal, CEO of the famous communication platform, announced today, Monday, in a tweet on his account, that the owner of the famous Tesla company, which won the largest share of the company’s shares last week , decided not to join the Board of Directors.
He also published a letter or a brief note that he sent to the employees to inform them of this decision, explaining that this step had been taken following several discussions between the members of the Council and Elon himself.
“for the company”
In addition, he indicated that the American billionaire was supposed to join this board on April 9, to contribute, like other members, to the development of the company, but he informed them the same day that he had decided to not participate. . “I believe this decision is in the best interests of the company,” he wrote.
He concluded by pointing out that this decision will undoubtedly cause an uproar in the coming days, but he called on the employees of the “blue bird” to disregard this turmoil and focus on hard and diligent work. to move forward with what is in the interest of Twitter and its evolution!
Criticism and sarcasm have not subsided
It should be noted that Musk, who is followed by approximately 81 million users, has since last Monday, following becoming the owner of the largest share of the company, buying 9.2% of its shares worth estimated at around $2.9 billion, led a series of criticisms of Twitter and even mocked the platform.
Perhaps his latest creation was dawning today, as he aimed his sharp arrows at the “Twitter Blue” subscription model specifically, criticizing the editing functionality it guarantees, and considering it completely useless.
He also criticized in the same tweet at dawn, “the tape that appears at the bottom of the tweet”, calling it annoying! It came following posting a series of provocative tweets earlier as the SpaceX CEO called for the need for “Twitter Blue” to ban ads and cut its price from $2.99 per month.
While we know that the company derives nearly 90% of its revenue from . He also suggested seriously considering accepting the dogecoin cryptocurrency as payment for the subscription service. He also said subscribers should get the blue authentication sign.
Additionally, he mocked Twitter’s “empty” headquarters in San Francisco, proposing to make it a headquarters for the homeless!
While it’s unclear what the purpose of these sarcastic tweets, launched by one of the world’s richest controversial people, was and whether he was really looking to make changes to the platform, Twitter shares rose. since announcing to hold the largest stake in this one last week!
As for his decision to leave his board, its consequences are still being tested, while many of Musk’s Twitter followers have wondered if the edit-to-tweet feature he previously suggested will remain following his departure?!
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