Opinion Results On Twitter, Elon Musk Must Resign From The CEO's Position
JAKARTA In a poll conducted on Twitter Monday, December 19 by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about whether he should step down from the social media platform, the results showed that netizens asked him to step down.
Twitter users chose firmly in the poll for Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform. This is a strong reaction to the billionaire less than two months after he took over the now chaotic and controversial Twitter management.
Musk said on Sunday he would comply with the poll results, but did not provide details on when he would step down if the results said he should step down. He said that there was no new CEO successor on Twitter yet.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
In the poll about 57.5% of the votes were for "Yes", while 42.5% opposed Musk's idea of resigning as Twitter chief, in a poll that appeared late Sunday. There were more than 17.5 million people voting in the poll.
"With Musk's statement - and some analysts - drastic measures are needed if the Twitter business model wants to stay afloat. There is an argument that without Musk at the helm, it will be difficult to find someone with sufficient enthusiasm to change the course of Twitter's ship business," said Sophie Lund-Yates, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
polls closed weeks of hurricanes that included changes to Twitter's privacy policy and suspension - and recovery - journalists' accounts that have come under fire from news organizations, advocacy groups, and officials across Europe.
Then on Sunday, December 18th Twitter banned accounts promoting rival social media platforms like Facebook in tweets that have now been deleted, raising questions even from old Musk himself, including Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
Since taking over Twitter in October, Musk has quickly fired top management and thousands of employees, calculated how much it costs for subscription services for social media company Twitter Blue, and restored banned accounts under previous management, including the account of former US President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, Musk said he would opt for all Twitter policy changes through a public poll, prompting further questions about his management style and his sharp involvement in social media companies, which has left some investors at Tesla anxious that he was compromised at a critical moment for electric automakers.
Elon Musk is the most popular person at the Lusail Stadium today.Good that Qatar 🇶🇦 got a chance to meet our generations Nikola Tesla (or Steve Jobs or Edison). pic.twitter.com/pJwHyPp3dh
— Omar Al Raisi (@Dantani) December 18, 2022
Musk was personally involved in work-level decisions ranging from car arrangement to supply chain issues at Tesla. He said last month that he would reduce his time on Twitter, and eventually found a new leader to run it.
Even the biggest detractor Elon Musk doesn't imagine he will make strategic decisions with a newly acquired social media platform in a Twitter poll, but here we are," said Russ Mould, Investment Director at AJ Bell.
"For someone who sets so many stores with work ethic, Musk seems to be spending a lot of time on social media. With Tesla's shares reduced by more than half year over year, Musk needs to roll up his sleeves and get his main business back on the road," added Mould.
Tesla shares opened about 2% on Monday, but then fell to a new low in two years at 145.82 US dollars. The stock has lost nearly 60% of its value this year.
Speaking to one Twitter user about a possible CEO change, Musk said on Sunday "There is no successor."
"Nobody wants a job that can really keep Twitter alive," he said.
Musk, who was seen in the football World Cup final in Qatar on Sunday, has yet to respond to Monday's poll results. Twitter also did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the media.
Should we have a policy preventing the creation of or use of existing accounts for the main purpose of advertising other social media platforms?
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) December 19, 2022
Meanwhile, Twitter is now conducting a poll on whether to have policies to prevent accounts advertising other social media platforms.
Policy updates will affect content from Facebook and Instagram from Meta Platforms, along with Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post. That will allow cross-content posts, Support's Twitter account said in a tweet that has now been deleted.
"This is the last one. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site," said Musk and Y-Combinator founder Paul Graham. Mastodon is a social network that is touted as a new alternative to Twitter. Twitter itself then suspended Graham's account after the post, but then reactivated it.