Elon Musk

A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should "step down as head of Twitter" ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the ...

“The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.” The unusual turn of events highlights how Musk has seemingly abandoned a more careful deliberation process in favor of operating by his own whims. But Tesla shares were up 5% in premarket trading after the poll results were revealed. The list includes investor Jason Calacanis, Craft Ventures partner David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan, an Andreessen Horowitz general partner focused on crypto and Twitter’s former consumer teams lead. The policy was [deleted less than 24 hours after ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/tech/twitter-elon-musk-deletes-policy)its introduction. Twitter is on pace to lose $4 billion a year after the advertiser exodus, estimates Dan Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities. “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. Since Musk completed his Twitter takeover in October, a number of brands have paused advertising on the platform. [some former supporters](https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1604556563338887168) in the tech industry for a controversial new policy that had banned links to certain other social media platforms. [feud with Apple](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/tech/elon-musk-twitter-apple-app-store/index.html), [spread a conspiracy theory](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html) about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, and made at least one decision about who to allow on Twitter [based on his own feelings](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/tech/alex-jones-twitter-ban/index.html). [poll](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097) created by Elon Musk asking whether he should “ [step down as head of Twitter](http://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-poll/index.html)” ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative. [suspension of journalists](http://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/media/twitter-musk-journalists-hnk-intl/index.html) who cover him and whiplash [policy changes](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/twitter-ban-social-media-links/index.html) made and reversed in real time.

The tech billionaire says he will abide by the poll's outcome. US-INTERNET-TWITTER-MEDIA. Elon Musk's Twitter ...

[mass layoffs](https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter-fires-employs-worldwide/) and allowing previously banned users to return to the platform. [asked users](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097) whether he should "step down as head of Twitter" on Sunday, in a post featuring a Twitter poll. Over 57 percent of those who voted responded that Musk should stand down.

There was no immediate response from Twitter about whether that would happen, though Musk has said he would abide by the results.

Musk said he never intended to be CEO of Tesla, and that he didn’t want to be chief executive of any other companies either, preferring to see himself as an engineer instead. Musk had to testify in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to Musk’s potentially US$55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company. His Twitter account was promptly suspended, and soon after restored as Musk promised to reverse the policy implemented just hours earlier. Musk also said he expected an organisational restructuring of Twitter to be completed in the next week or so. “Again, the suspension occurred with no warning, process or explanation – this time as our reporter merely sought comment from Musk for a story,” Buzbee said. He then took aim at journalists who were writing about the jet-tracking account, which can still be found on other social media sites, alleging that they were broadcasting “basically assassination coordinates”. The latest poll followed yet another significant policy change since Musk acquired Twitter in October. Many of those accounts were restored following an online poll by Musk. Twitter gave no explanation for why the blacklist included those seven websites but not others such as Parler, TikTok or LinkedIn. A test case was the prominent venture capitalist Paul Graham, who in the past has praised Musk but on Sunday told his 1.5 million Twitter followers that this was the “last straw” and to find him on Mastodon. Musk has clashed with some users on multiple fronts and on Sunday, he asked Twitter users to decide if he should remain in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he made a mistake in launching new speech restrictions that banned mentions of rival social media websites on Twitter. *

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Twitter's owner asked if he should step down as CEO, and 57% of respondents said yes.

Aaron Levie, the CEO of the cloud company Box, [called the policy “sad.”](https://twitter.com/levie/status/1604540771951968260) Others were more pointed in their critiques. [replied to the company’s tweets](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1604554032831287298) announcing the new policy. An official Twitter account is currently polling users about the link-sharing policy. Won’t happen again,” Musk tweeted on Sunday night just before posting his separate poll about whether or not he should step down as CEO. “This is the last straw. That poll also came with an “Elon is a smart guy. [tracking his private jet’s whereabouts](https://qz.com/twitter-suspends-account-tracking-musk-private-jet-1849893564) using publicly accessible flight data, along with its owner’s personal account. “However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.” Over the weekend, even his ex-wife, Justine Musk, seemed to call his bluff. Banning journalists and silencing critics [unfettered free speech](https://qz.com/2155098/elon-musks-twitter-bid-isnt-about-free-speech) to the platform.

The billionaire Tesla CEO Musk attended the World Cup final Sunday in Qatar, where he opened the poll. After it closed 12 hours later, there was no immediate ...

The poll followed just the latest significant policy change since Musk acquired Twitter in October. He's laid off half of the workforce, axed contract content moderators and disbanded a council of trust and safety advisors. Since buying Twitter, Musk has presided over a dizzying series of changes that have unnerved advertisers and turned off users. But as he has changed policies, and then changed them again, created a sense of confusion on the platform about what is allowed, and what is not. Musk has taken a number of unscientific polls on substantial issues facing the social media platform, including whether to reinstate journalists that he had suspended from Twitter, which was broadly criticised in and out of media circles. Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as head of Twitter in a poll on the platform that the billionaire had created and promised to abide by.

Elon Musk's poll, asking whether he should stand down as the boss of Twitter, appeared hours after he was photographed at the World Cup final in Qatar. That photo tells us two things: firstly, Musk was standing beside Jared Kushner - the son-in-law of ...

Perhaps the future of this troubled firm lies not in the stars, but with feet firmly on solid ground. But perhaps he's now learning the hard way that social media, and the people who bring it to life, are not machines. Throw into that mix the unpredictability of Musk himself - and the ongoing risk that his next tweet could cause untold reputational damage and/or regulatory scrutiny. The finances are bleak according to Musk: he says Twitter is operating at a loss of $4m per day. After all, he put to the vote whether or not he should buy Twitter in the first place, when this entire circus began. It proves Musk was geographically in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia - home to Twitter's biggest investors.

More than 50 percent of votes show Twitter users want Elon Musk gone, but he is yet to say whether he will step down as chief executive of the social media ...

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "A CEO is supposed to make decisions that are in the best interest of a company and shareholders, not based on what random people on Twitter think." "Elon" and "CEO of Twitter" were among the trending topics on the social media platform on Monday. They have lost nearly 60 percent of their value this year. About 57.5 percent of votes were for "Yes", while 42.5 percent were against the idea of Musk stepping down as the head of Twitter, according to the poll the billionaire launched on Sunday evening. Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, in a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over.

More than half of the 17.5 million respondents voted 'yes' in the poll.

He had to testify in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to Musk’s potentially $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company. “Again, the suspension occurred with no warning, process or explanation — this time as our reporter merely sought comment from Musk for a story,” Buzbee said. Twitter had announced that users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms the company described as “prohibited.” Musk has advocated for free speech on Twitter, but shut down the jet-tracking account, calling it a security risk. Since buying Twitter, Musk has presided over a dizzying series of changes that have unnerved advertisers and turned off users. The company has since lost 58 per cent of its value, at a time when rival automakers are cutting in on Tesla’s dominant share of electric vehicle sales.

Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, a backlash against the billionaire less ...

The short list likely includes investor Jason Calacanis, Craft Ventures partner David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan, an Andreessen Horowitz general partner focused ...

Musk pushed out the company’s former leadership and board of directors, and as the company’s owner and sole board director, he will ultimately have the power to hire and fire whoever he wants at the company’s helm. A Twitter user asked Sacks last month what he and Musk disagree about, and Sacks responded with just one thing: “Chess.” Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder, CEO of Block and friend to Musk, has previously said he would not return to run the social network. Kushner also previously owned the weekly New York newspaper, the New York Observer. The majority of respondents voted for “other.” He also previously worked on mobile ad products for Snap and Facebook. He has also launched several media properties and hosts two podcasts (one in partnership with Sacks). The poll [ended Monday morning](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/tech/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-poll/index.html) with 57% of voters in favor of Musk handing off the top job. Tesla stock is down 34% since his deal to buy Twitter closed and more than 63% since the start of this year, as investors worry about his many competing priorities. If Musk were to look for a new Twitter CEO, he’d likely have many willing takers. Already, the list of people who have offered to run the platform includes former T-Mobile CEO John Legere, MIT artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman and rapper Snoop Dogg (who could perhaps run Twitter with the help of his friend and entertainment personality Martha Stewart). The short list likely includes investor Jason Calacanis, Craft Ventures partner David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan, an Andreessen Horowitz general partner focused on crypto and Twitter’s former consumer teams lead.

It comes after a Twitter poll showed a majority wanted the billionaire to step down.