Elon Musk Ran A Twitter Poll On Whether He Should Step Down As The Platform's CEO. The Resounding Answer: Yes.

 

Elon Musk Ran A Twitter Poll On Whether He Should Step Down As The Platform's CEO. The Resounding Answer: Yes.

Elon Musk should resign as CEO of Twitter, according to a vote that was conducted on Twitter and ended this morning. Musk stated in a tweet that he would follow the poll's findings.

The poll was started by the billionaire yesterday night, following a hectic weekend for the website. In recent days, Twitter has prohibited the promotion of other social media networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, and Truth Social, and has suspended notable journalists (most of whom have since been restored).

Before announcing the poll, Musk issued an apology for enacting significant policy changes without consulting the community. He said that Twitter will only remove accounts whose "*primary* goal is the promotion of competitors."

The voting period ended at 6:20 ET. Over 17.5 million votes were cast in total. A majority of 57.5% of respondents thought Musk ought to resign. By the time this article went to print, Musk had yet to address the vote's outcomes.

The voting period ended at 6:20 ET. Over 17.5 million votes were cast in total. A majority of 57.5% of respondents thought Musk ought to resign. By the time this article went to print, Musk had yet to address the vote's outcomes.

Musk responded to user comments on potential successors for Twitter after publishing the poll. Lex Fridman, an AI researcher and computer scientist, wanted to take over the website. Musk said, "You must enjoy suffering a lot.

A turbulent and destructive time for the billionaire will come to an end if Musk steps away. After the value of shares in Tesla, another firm he leads fell by more than half this year, he is no longer the richest person in the world. Tesla shareholders have expressed dissatisfaction with the effect his sometimes unpredictable leadership of Twitter is having on the automaker.

Ayobami Adekojo, a Nigerian investor who is one of these investors, told BuzzFeed News that he had voted for Musk to resign. Adekojo claimed that the man "appears to be completely in over his head today, and he's focused on really needless confrontations with journalists and others he considers to be leftist politicians."