If this isn’t a living democracy, as Twitter boss Elon Musk (51) tried to implement with the text message service, according to his own assurances. On Sunday, Musk posted a Twitter poll that, surprisingly, asked nothing more than a question of fate about his own future. After many criticisms of his administration, the question users voted on: “Should I resign from the Twitter chair?”
Votes can be cast until Monday noon Swiss time. Early trends suggest little support for Musk. More than 6.5 million votes were cast approximately nine hours before the end of the poll. 57.6 percent of users want Musk to resign as Twitter CEO.
The result of the survey is binding. “I will stick with the results of this survey,” Musk writes. And to a skeptic who sees the poll as a ploy to put a straw man from Musk at the top of Twitter, he responds: “No one really wants the business that can keep Twitter afloat. It has no successor.”
arrogance?
The second richest person in the world would have already had his hands full as the boss of a number of tech companies alongside Tesla and SpaceX. Musk saw the potential on Twitter to create an independent information portal that would likely become a future payment platform, thereby becoming a universal multiplatform. As it is known, Musk made his first fortune as the co-founder of the online payment service PayPal.
Musk may have overestimated himself. In the chaotic process of restructuring and restructuring on Twitter, the multi-billionaire comes face to face with powerful interest groups and lobbies.
Last week, the Washington Post was rekindled for temporarily suspending its accounts, including those of prominent journalists from CNN and others. Now the native South African is apparently feeling such a strong headwind that he is making his leadership position unsuitable.
Warning to followers
Computer scientist, scientist, YouTuber and podcaster Lex Fridman, 39, who has an impressive 2.3 million followers on Twitter, immediately expressed interest in the business. “Let me use Twitter for a while,” he wrote to Musk. “There is no salary. All inclusive. Focus on great technology and more love in the world.”
Musk’s response: “You must love pain. There’s only one trick: You have to invest your life savings on Twitter. The company has been on the fast track to bankruptcy since May. Do you still want the job?”
Meanwhile, Musk insists on watching the World Cup final in Qatar live on Sunday, despite all the controversy and trouble surrounding Twitter and him. As the match went on, so did his online poll about his future. Musk calmly shakes hands. He has yet to reveal a plan B.