Social media: Musk’s Twitter no longer answers press questions with feces emoji

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Musk announced the change on Friday. At first, it wasn’t clear whether Twitter really was a functioning press office or if it was a more polite form of rejection.

Musk’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, responded to Musk’s tweet with the applause emoji. The veteran executive, formerly responsible for the advertising business at media giant NBCUniversal, must, among other things, mend the relationship with advertisers. Musk recently admitted that Twitter’s advertising business has been permanently halved. However, ads in the form of paid tweets that appear in users’ news feeds have traditionally been Twitter’s main source of income. Musk is also trying to expand its subscription business.

Musk announced in March that media questions will be automatically answered with a pile of feces emojis. Typing his email address in advance was largely pointless: Musk had removed the press department after he took over Twitter in the fall. He was mostly himself answering questions or explaining the news.

Tesla, the electric car maker led by Musk, hasn’t had an official press department for years. Musk’s relationship with the media has been characterized by distrust for years. He often accuses them of making unfair or false reporting. More recently, Musk’s political shift to the right has led to other allegations: in February, he claimed that the “media” was “racist” towards whites and people of Asian descent. (SDA)

Source :Blick