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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 CEO, Elon Musk, has been asked to step down from the executive position after spending less than two months at the helm of the company. Musk.

However, the company declared that Space was disabled because of a system fault. Going by the results of the poll, the onus is now on Musk to find that CEO who he believes can keep the platform alive, as he already assured his followers that he would abide by the results of the poll. “The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive,” he tweeted.

Twitter also announced that users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram and other platforms the company described as “prohibited”.

Musk said he never intended to be CEO of Tesla, and that he didn’t want to be chief executive of any other companies either, preferring to see himself as an engineer instead. Musk had to testify in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to Musk’s potentially $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company. “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. His Twitter account was promptly suspended, and soon after restored as Musk promised to reverse the policy implemented just hours earlier. Twitter previously took action to block links to Mastodon after its main Twitter account tweeted about the @ElonJet controversy last week. Not only links but attempts to bypass the ban by spelling out “instagram dot com” could have led to a suspension, the company said.

Twitter users have voted that the current chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter, Elon Musk, should step down after the billionaire ran a poll on his ...

Musk was yet to comment since the poll closed. One of the Twitter users known as @MoonMatt, who voted against Musk, said, “I really hope you do step down as you are clearly unfit to run Twitter. About 17.5 million people voted in the poll on Monday.

The poll followed online backlash after Musk made sudden changes to policies impacting users of Twitter in the last week. Samson Akintaro by Samson Akintaro.

Some of the accounts were fully or partially restored a few days later, but not all. The company, for instance, introduced a new social media platform promotion policy on Sunday, which prohibited users from sharing links to some of their other social media accounts. This was the result of the poll conducted by Elon Musk himself via Twitter.

Twitter users voted on Monday to oust CEO Elon Musk in an online poll he organised and promised to honour, just weeks after he took over...

The Washington Post’s executive editor Sally Buzbee said the suspension of journalist Taylor Lorenz’s account “further undermines Elon Musk’s claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech”. Musk also reinstated the account of Donald Trump – though the former US president indicated he had no interest in the platform – and said Twitter would no longer work to combat Covid-19 disinformation. Shortly after taking over the platform, Musk announced the site would charge $8 a month to verify account holders’ identities, but had to suspend the “Twitter Blue” plan after an embarrassing rash of fake accounts. He flagged that “advertisers have run for the hills and left Twitter squarely in the red ink potentially on track to lose roughly $4 billion per year we estimate”. He asked users “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” and 57.5 per cent of more than 17 million accounts said he should go – with Musk not yet responding to the result. Twitter users voted on Monday to oust CEO Elon Musk in an online poll he organised and promised to honour, just weeks after he took over as head of the social media giant.

More than 10 million people (57.5 per cent) voted in favour of Mr Musk stepping down as the chief executive of Twitter.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May. Replying to another user who said they could do the job, Mr Musk added: “You must like pain a lot.

Elon Musk seemed destined to quit running the affairs of Twitter Monday after around 10 million users voted for him to step down less than two months after ...

The company, however, claimed that Space was disabled because of a little glitch. Recently, Musk disabled the Twitter Space feature from the app after having a heated argument with the host of a Twitter Space he participated in. He sacked several of Twitter’s top executives and half of the company’s staff immediately after becoming its CEO, and announced a stop to remote working for the remaining, lucky employees.

By Biodun Busari. American billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday launched a poll on Twitter to determine whether he should step down as the Chief Executive ...

“Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll,” he asked Twitter users when he put up the poll. The majority of the Twitter users who participated in the poll have voted for Musk’s removal as the helmsman of the microblogging site he recently acquired.

Elon Musk's poll, asking whether he should stand down as the boss of Twitter, appeared hours after he was photographed at the World Cup final in Qatar. That photo tells us two things: firstly, Musk was standing beside Jared Kushner - the son-in-law of ...

Perhaps the future of this troubled firm lies not in the stars, but with feet firmly on solid ground. But perhaps he's now learning the hard way that social media, and the people who bring it to life, are not machines. Throw into that mix the unpredictability of Musk himself - and the ongoing risk that his next tweet could cause untold reputational damage and/or regulatory scrutiny. The finances are bleak according to Musk: he says Twitter is operating at a loss of $4m per day. After all, he put to the vote whether or not he should buy Twitter in the first place, when this entire circus began. It proves Musk was geographically in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia - home to Twitter's biggest investors.

Musk, the billionaire founder Tesla Inc, on Sunday launched a poll to determine whether he should remain as CEO. Based on the result of the poll which ended on ...

“Should I step down as head of Twitter? [three top executives](https://www.thecable.ng/elon-musk-fires-top-twitter-executives-less-than-a-day-after-acquisition) — less than a day after [completing](https://www.thecable.ng/i-didnt-do-it-for-money-elon-musk-explains-why-he-acquired-twitter) the acquisition of the platform. [agreed to buy Twitter](https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-elon-musk-agrees-to-buy-twitter-for-44bn) for $44 billion in April 2022, thereby becoming CEO of the microblogging platform. I will abide by the results of this poll” he asked Twitter users when he put up the poll. I will abide by the results of this poll. Majority of the Twitter users who participated in a poll put up by Elon Musk have voted for his ouster as CEO of the micro-blogging platform.

Twitter's owner asked if he should step down as CEO, and 57% of respondents said yes.

Aaron Levie, the CEO of the cloud company Box, [called the policy “sad.”](https://twitter.com/levie/status/1604540771951968260) Others were more pointed in their critiques. [replied to the company’s tweets](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1604554032831287298) announcing the new policy. An official Twitter account is currently polling users about the link-sharing policy. Won’t happen again,” Musk tweeted on Sunday night just before posting his separate poll about whether or not he should step down as CEO. “This is the last straw. That poll also came with an “Elon is a smart guy. [tracking his private jet’s whereabouts](https://qz.com/twitter-suspends-account-tracking-musk-private-jet-1849893564) using publicly accessible flight data, along with its owner’s personal account. “However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.” Over the weekend, even his ex-wife, Justine Musk, seemed to call his bluff. Banning journalists and silencing critics [unfettered free speech](https://qz.com/2155098/elon-musks-twitter-bid-isnt-about-free-speech) to the platform.

More than half of the 17.5 million respondents voted “yes” to Musk's Twitter question.

Musk said he never intended to be CEO of Tesla, and that he didn’t want to be chief executive of any other companies either, preferring to see himself as an engineer. Musk had to testify in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to Musk’s potentially $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company. [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. Musk also said he expected an organizational restructuring of Twitter to be completed in the next week or so. His Twitter account was promptly suspended, and then restored, as Musk reversed the policy implemented just hours earlier. “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. Twitter had announced that users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms the company described as “prohibited.” He then took aim at journalists who were writing about the jet-tracking account, which can still be found on other social media sites, alleging that they were broadcasting “basically assassination coordinates.” Musk was questioned in court on Nov. Twitter gave no explanation for why the blacklist included some websites but not others such as Parler, TikTok or LinkedIn. 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 immediate announcement from Twitter or Musk, who may be midflight on his way back to the U.S.

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

Nearly half of Twitter's workforce was laid off as the company completely restructured its revenue model. Musk's intentions included speeding up Twitter, ...

Musk himself Tweeted, “There is no successor”, in response to a Tweet that suggested Twitter already had a new CEO lined up to succeed Musk as the head of Twitter. Well, the very next poll that Musk held was asking users whether the new CEO should step down as the head of Twitter. Meanwhile, the changes brought to Twitter may end up costing the platform $4 billion, as per

Majority of the Twitter users, who participated in a poll put up by Elon Musk have voted for his ouster as Chief Executive Office, CEO of the micro-blogging ...

Musk further switched gears by introducing a verification policy which compels users to pay at least $8 to get the blue badge. According to the deal, investors received $54.20 for each Twitter share they own, the company said in a statement. “Should I step down as head of Twitter?

Twitter users voted on Monday to oust owner Elon Musk as chief executive in a highly unscientific poll he organized and promised to honour, just weeks after ...

Musk, who also runs car maker Tesla and rocket firm SpaceX, has not yet reacted publicly to the results. It has since been relaunched. Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee said the suspension of journalist Taylor Lorenz’s account “further undermines Elon Musk’s claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech.” But Musk seemed to reverse course a few hours later, writing that the policy would be limited to “suspending accounts only when that account’s *primary* purpose is the promotion of competitors.” “The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive,” the South African-born billionaire tweeted before the vote closed. Twitter users voted on Monday to oust owner Elon Musk as chief executive in a highly unscientific poll he organized and promised to honour, just weeks after he took charge of the social media giant.

Mr Musk launched a Twitter poll asking his followers if he should step down as chief executive - 57.5% voted "yes". Since then, he has not commented directly on ...

Tesla needs and deserves to have [a] working full time CEO," he tweeted. In response to a tweet saying Twitter Blue subscribers "should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. Tesla shares have lost more than 60% in value this year, with some saying his obsession with Twitter is destroying the brand. He has also fired about half of Twitter's staff. One user claimed that so-called bots appeared to have voted heavily in the poll about Mr Musk's role at the firm. Bruce Daisley, former vice president of Twitter, compared any potential change to that of a football manager.

Trump weaponized Twitter before he was banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Musk was a persistent Twitter poster, taunting stock market ...

The site has vastly amplified both their voices, in a way that has benefited Musk's businesses and Trump's political career over the years, though at a cost to their reputations. “There is never a plan, never a strategy, just a collection of on-the-fly tactics. But of the two, only Trump held the power of office. Musk, a 51-year-old native of South Africa who lived in Canada as a young man, is known for working insane hours, hands on, these days in Twitter's San Francisco headquarters. Musk registers 120 million Twitter followers; Trump, a Republican, had 88 million when he was barred from the platform after the Jan. Their personalities differ in some respects, too — Musk admits error and even apologizes on occasion; Trump doesn’t. In the public-opinion influence game, it's made up mostly of tweets and corporate policy about how to manage them. In an unscientific poll he set up, a majority of the 17.5 million respondents said Trump has often argued he should be considered among the wealthiest, though behind that claim was a mirage. 6 assault on the Capitol by supporters stirred to action that day by his public remarks, on and off social media. Both have operated from a sense that things begin and end by CEO fiat. Trump weaponized Twitter before he was banned after the Jan.

I tried to enjoy Elon Musk's Twitter until my social connections began quiet quitting. But first… Today's must-reads: • Sam Bankman-Fried's US extradition ...

Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk is searching for a new CEO of the company, sources told CNBC's David Faber.

[Tesla](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA/) shares this year to finance the Twitter takeover. [posted an informal poll](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097) Sunday asking Twitter users if he should step down as head of the company, and a majority of the 17 million respondents voted for Musk to leave his post. [his position as CEO would be temporary](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/elon-musk-says-he-doesnt-want-to-be-a-ceo-walks-back-sec-insults.html). [In court in November](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/elon-musk-says-he-doesnt-want-to-be-a-ceo-walks-back-sec-insults.html), Musk said, "I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time." [Musk said](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1605079888821510144) "the United States has definitely been harmed" by having Warren as a senator. [Elizabeth Warren](https://www.cnbc.com/elizabeth-warren/), D-Mass., [wrote](https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2022.12.18%20Letter%20to%20Tesla%20Board%20on%20Musk%20Concerns.pdf) to the chair of [Tesla's](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA/) board, Robyn Denholm, expressing concern that Musk and the board may have violated legal obligations to Tesla shareholders. Twitter polls are straw polls, which means they are not comparable to professional public opinion research. [massive staff cuts](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/04/twitter-sued-by-employees-after-mass-layoffs-begin.html), a [spike in racist hate speech](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/heres-how-elon-musk-can-prevent-racist-raids-on-twitter.html), [advertisers](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/01/ad-giant-ipg-advises-brands-to-pause-twitter-spending.html) fleeing or slashing their spending on the platform, as well as the reinstatement of previously banned accounts. He has also [pulled in talent from Tesla, SpaceX and the Boring Co.](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/08/spacex-tesla-and-boring-company-execs-helping-musk-at-twitter.html), including executives, engineers and attorneys, to assist him at Twitter. [that Twitter usage has reached an all-time high](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603852159283445760) since he took over, and [that hate speech impressions have fallen](https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor). [he wrote](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604621101245419520?s=20&t=fARSGTWvPNFKhyH5QFjGfQ). [Elon Musk](https://www.cnbc.com/elon-musk/) is searching for a new chief executive of the company, sources told CNBC's David Faber.

When Elon Musk polled Twitter users about whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump's account, he quickly followed through on the majority's wish ...

There is no successor.” [CNBC reported](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-actively-searching-for-a-new-twitter-ceo-sources-say.html?__source=sharebar [said last month](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/tech/elon-musk-email-ultimatum-twitter/index.html) that he expects to “reduce my time at Twitter, and find somebody else to run Twitter, over time.” But in a [ tweet Sunday](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/tech/twitter-alternate-ceo/index.html) he said: “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. [followed through](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/business/twitter-musk-trump-reinstate/index.html) on the majority’s wish to do so. 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. It would also skew those who can vote to the users who are willing to pay up for Twitter Blue, which includes the controversial paid verification feature Musk pushed to introduce. [went ahead and did it](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/tech/elon-musk-amnesty-poll/index.html). While it’s unclear how he would restrict voting to only those who pay for the company’s subscription service, such a change could dramatically reduce the number of Twitter users who could vote in polls. After coming under fire this weekend for a controversial new policy restricting users from posting links to rival platforms, Musk pledged to effectively crowdsource “major policy changes” at Twitter by polling users about them and soon launched the poll about whether he should remain as CEO. The Tesla CEO is also facing pressure from the carmaker’s shareholders to find a replacement at Twitter, after Tesla’s stock has declined significantly this year. Musk [responded](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1605250734206885889) to the story on Twitter with two crying laughing emojis. After one Twitter user said, “Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls,” Now, he appears to think the problem isn’t him, but who gets to vote in the polls.

36 hours after people voted in his poll, Elon Musk hasn't accepted calls to step down from Twitter.

Hours after the poll closed, Musk [tweeted that “the people have spoken”](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594131768298315777) and reinstated Trump’s account. Musk replied to another user in the same thread who suggested that only paid subscribers to Twitter Blue should be able to vote in polls: He said, “ [Twitter will make that change](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604985324505030658).” Then, on Tuesday, he replied with laughing emojis at a [recent NBC story](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-actively-searching-for-a-new-twitter-ceo-sources-say.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.PostToTwitter) reporting that he’s actively looking for a new CEO. But since he took over, Musk has said he’s wiped Twitter of excessive bots. [calling for Musk](https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-investors-voice-concern-over-elon-musks-focus-on-twitter-11670948786) to focus less on Twitter and more on Tesla. Musk has complained about Twitter bots since before he bought the platform. But instead of immediately and publicly accepting the results, which he said he’d do, Musk is now casting doubt on the validity of his poll after Musk himself launched it on Twitter, a platform that he owns. [replied to a tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1605264743501013013) by market research firm HarrisX, which conducted its own poll and found that 61 percent of people wanted Musk to stay on. [Musk can’t seem to handle criticism](https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/11/16/23461217/elon-musk-twitter-fired-employees-free-speech-contradictions-joke) — from debating the percentage of people in the crowd who were [booing him at a comedy show](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/12/12/dave-chappelle-elon-musk-booed/) to [firing employees who criticized him,](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twitter-fired-criticism.html) and now, dismissing the legitimacy of the Twitter users who voted him out of the company he just bought. [engaged in a Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1604810383646027776) by a user suggesting that a “deep state” bot army was rigging the poll against him. Musk has long said he eventually wants to step down as Twitter CEO, so it’s unclear why he seems so unwilling to accept the results of the poll calling for him to end his chaotic reign as head of the company. [36 hours since people voted overwhelmingly](https://www.vox.com/recode/23440075/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-check-mark-verification) for Elon Musk to step down as CEO of Twitter (out of some 17 million votes, 57.5 percent were in favor of Musk resigning).

It was the year the billionaires showed who they really are.

Ye, whose [Twitter account was suspended again](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/business/media/kanye-west-twitter-suspension.html), hasn’t just been making antisemitic rants — for years now he has portrayed the public censure of his increasingly racist and misogynistic views as an example of cancel culture. Bernie Sanders [called on Buffett to help broker a deal](https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1569800707460534277), but the renowned philanthropist — who has committed to giving away 99 percent of his wealth — did not publicly comment on the dispute. [to Washington power](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/business/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-influence.html) [players](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/story-trumps-explosive-dinner-ye-nick-fuentes-rcna59010) and are lavished with positive attention in the press. These companies’ founders and CEOs are doing fine; over a hundred thousand employees in the tech sector, however — including 10,000 at Amazon — have [lost their jobs](https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/11/10/23451038/silicon-valley-layoffs-meta-facebook-jobs-work-identity) this year. Tech billionaires were the undisputed winners of the early pandemic years, raking in so much money that their [huge losses in the 2022 downturn have failed to wipe out the gains](https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/9/29/23377578/tech-billionaires-pandemic-wealth-2022). They were notable mostly for how unimpressive they were: He and his associates didn’t float [novel, incisive ideas](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/01/elon-musk-texts-twitter/) about how to improve a social media company. [entrenched fan base](https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/26/17505744/elon-musk-fans-tesla-spacex-fandom) for his humanity-saving mission and for his outlandish, troll-y online image. High-fashion institutions cut ties with him, and Adidas ended its collaboration with him on the fashion line Yeezy, leaving Ye no longer a billionaire, according to [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2022/10/25/billionaire-no-more-kanye-wests-anti-semitism-obliterates-his-net-worth-as-adidas-cuts-ties/?sh=2f069f0117e7). [Sam Bankman-Fried](https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23458837/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-sbf-downfall-explained), the erstwhile crypto billionaire who told the public he was using the gangbuster profits from a flashy but risky industry to [change the world](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23298870/effective-altruism-longtermism-will-macaskill-future) [for good](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/8/8/23150496/effective-altruism-sam-bankman-fried-dustin-moskovitz-billionaire-philanthropy-crytocurrency) — making him a media darling who graced the [cover of Fortune magazine](https://fortune.com/magazine/) in September. It turned out that his monkish pose [wasn’t quite true](https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-bankman-frieds-ftx-parents-bought-bahamas-property-worth-121-mln-2022-11-22/). [Fans have defected](https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/10/28/23426922/elon-musk-army-fandom-former-fans-twitter-ceo). [$300 per share](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/history?p=TSLA).

The microblogging platform is floundering, writes Sonny Aragba-Akpore. After the seemingly controversial acquisition of mega blogging platform, Twitter, ...

Musk last month said he would “find somebody else to run Twitter” and that he expected to “reduce” his time there. This month he sold more than $3.5 billion of [Tesla](https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/TSLA?mod=article_inline) stock in [his second round of sales](https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-sells-almost-4-billion-of-tesla-stock-after-completing-twitter-takeover-11667957983?mod=article_inline) since buying Twitter. While Musk fired off some tweets on Monday evening, posting statistics on Twitter usage during the epic World Cup final and retweeting posts from his Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX companies, it remains unclear if he will actually step down from his post at Twitter after vowing to “abide” by the results of the poll. An effort to bolster Twitter’s paid-for subscription service suffered several false starts and [was finally relaunched last week](https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-reintroduces-upgraded-subscription-service-11670893139?mod=article_inline). Twitter said the ban on tweets and accounts engaging in “free promotion” affected platforms including Some Tesla investors, who have grown increasingly vocal, are hoping there is someone else who can take the reins at the social network. “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time,” he testified at a trial about his Tesla pay package this past month. Musk, who has said he intends to make the platform a bastion of free speech, appeared to acknowledge some concerns about the recent, abrupt content policy changes. [ shareholders have complained](https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-investors-voice-concern-over-elon-musks-focus-on-twitter-11670948786?mod=article_inline) that Musk’s recent focus on Twitter is hurting the auto maker. He gave users two options for a response: “Yes” or “No,” according to the tweet. But will he step down from his strong grip and let Twitter run its race? Only a few days ago those involved with the Twitter debacle voted that Musk should step aside as a mark of his personal honour if Twitter will return to its preeminence.

Elon Musk loves conducting polls since he took over Twitter as CEO, he tends to listen to what the voters have to say by claiming the will of the people ...

Most of them think this would be a no-brainer as Snoop is one of the most beloved celebrities in the world and probably US history. [Elon Musk unbans Twitter accounts of prominent journalists who doxxed his private jet](https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrities/2022/12/18/639e4a1e268e3edc5e8b45dd.html) [Elon Musk](https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/elon-musk.html) loves conducting polls since he took over Twitter as CEO, he tends to listen to what the voters have to say by claiming the will of the people must prevail above all. Could Elon Musk entertain this idea and probably grant Snoop the keys to the Twittter Kingdom? Snoop ran his own poll, asking users if he should be the one running the company. [Musk ](https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/12/19/63a0c41dca4741a5058b4571.html)decided to conduct a poll where he asks if he should step down as Twitter's CEO, he confirmed he will abide by the results. Now he has become a polarizing figure whom people even jeer when they get a glimpse of him.

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted after most respondents to his Twitter poll said he should step ...

Won't happen again," Musk "Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. I will abide by the results of this poll." Nearly all of Twitter's top executives have either been fired or quit since Musk took the reins. Wake up tesla BOD - what is the plan? Since Musk took over Twitter in late October, there has been a constant barrage of erratic decisions and turmoil at the company.

In a tweet, Musk said he would resign “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” He added that following his resignation as CEO, Musk would “ ...

6 Capitol riots and [released internal communications](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/02/tech/musk-twitter-hunter-biden/index.html) to journalists about Twitter’s operations before Musk took ownership of the company. Musk’s penchant for making major product changes based on little more than informal Twitter polls has highlighted his ad hoc and improvisational management style. [pledge](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/tech/elon-musk-email-ultimatum-twitter/index.html) to become “extremely hardcore” in their work, and [stopped enforcing](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/tech/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy/index.html) Twitter’s policy against Covid-19 misinformation. The announcement comes after more than a day of silence about the poll following its outcome. [laid off](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/tech/twitter-layoffs/index.html) the majority of its staff, [alienated major advertisers](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/09/tech/musk-twitter-brands-interview/index.html), welcomed former President Donald Trump [back to the platform](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/business/twitter-musk-trump-reinstate/index.html) after his suspension in the wake of the Jan. On Monday, after more than 17 million users had voted — 57.5% of whom said Musk should resign — the billionaire executive addressed the results only indirectly.

Elon Musk says he will resign as soon as he finds someone "foolish enough" to take over the job.

In response to a tweet saying Twitter Blue subscribers "should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. In the past Mr Musk has obeyed Twitter polls. Finding someone to take over the social media platform may be a challenge, according to Mr Musk. Twitter's paid-for verification feature was rolled out for a second time last week after its launch was paused. After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Some people speculate Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey could also come back to run the company.

This is the first time the platform's new owner has indicated he will pull back after calls for his ouster grew.

He also responded to a tweet suggesting only users who were paying US$8 or US$11 (for iOS subscribers) for a Twitter Blue subscription should be able to vote in the polls by saying that Twitter would “make that change.” Musk admitted in the Delaware court hearing he had too much on his plate. It is not the first time he has said he will not run the company in the long term.

After conducting a poll that resulted in 57% of respondents voting for him to step down, Musk tweets that he would do so -- once he finds a replacement.

The Washington Post reported Sunday that the police [had not determined a link](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/). In October, Twitter briefly launched a feature that allowed users to pay $8 to earn a "blue check" verification. Under his leadership, Twitter has faced massive layoffs, lawsuits from former employees, a pullback in spending from advertisers, abrupt policy changes and international outrage after suspending journalists, and other high-profile users. It follows a poll the Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Over 57% voted in favor of Musk stepping down. Elon Musk respects the decree of Twitter's users, apparently.