“The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive,” Musk explained.
Tesla CEO and head of Twitter Elon Musk has vowed to step down as head of Twitter. As the billionaire searches for a new CEO to run the social media platform, privacy advocate Edward Snowden has thrown his name in the hat, stating that he accepts payment in bitcoin.
Elon Musk conducted a Twitter poll over the weekend asking his 122.3 million followers if he should step down as head of the social media platform. The billionaire added that he will comply with the results of the poll, which ended with 57.5% of more than 17.5 million respondents wanting him to step down.
Musk Should Step Down
Responding to a comment that a new CEO has already been chosen and that he will step down to be Twitter’s chairman of the board, Musk clarified: “Nobody wants the job that can keep Twitter alive. There is no successor.” In another tweet, the Tesla boss explained that “The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.”
Musk Should Not Quit
Many people urged Musk not to resign. “If Elon Musk leaves Twitter, I will close my account. That’s why I opened it in the first place,” one exclaimed. “The crowd chose to crucify Jesus too, remember Elon Musk. The crowd is not always right. Leaders LEAD, they don’t bow down!” another told the billionaire. “He defends freedom of expression. The First Amendment needs you,” a third user emphasized.
Comments from people indicating they could serve as the new CEO of Twitter also flooded Musk’s tweet. Among those who responded was whistleblower Edward Snowden, a free speech and privacy advocate who has been living in exile in Russia after he exposed a National Security Agency (NSA) spy program that affected millions. of Americans in 2013. He wrote: “I take payment in bitcoin.”
Some people complained that they didn’t see Musk’s poll in time to vote. Many users suspect that most of the voters were bots. “This poll is not fair, I didn’t even see it until the last day because at this time of year, like me, most people are busy getting ready for the holidays and haven’t even been able to log in, and probably most of the votes in this poll come from made-up Democratic accounts,” one user highlighted.
Kim Dotcom told Musk: “It’s not wise to run a poll like this when you’re now the No. 1 enemy of the deep state. They have the largest army of bots on Twitter. They have 100k ‘analysts’ with 30-40 accounts voting against them. Let’s clean up and then run this survey again. Most have faith in you.”
By Audy Castaneda
