How will Elon Musk fit in on Twitter

Apr 8, 2022 - 16:50
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How will Elon Musk fit in on Twitter

Elon Musk has been on Twitter for a few days now, and as we previously stated, he did it in style, almost debuting with a survey in which he asked the social network's members if they would prefer the long-awaited feature of being able to modify tweets that have already been broadcast.

The answer to Musk's inquiry, on the other hand, was even more predictable. Maybe he did it for the April Fools' Day joke, or maybe he did it because he knew Twitter was already working on it.

Twitter acknowledged, this time without irony, that it was working on the tweet editing feature and that a beta version would be available shortly on Twitter Blue.

He did it in a tweet that included the intriguing line, "No, we didn't receive the idea from a poll," a more-than-obvious allusion to Musk's prior survey. A clarification that appeared to claim authorship, barring Musk from later claiming responsibility for it.

According to Yahoo! Sports, Twitter employees are already questioning what Musk may and cannot do. The company is having an internal Q&A session where employees can ask members of the board of directors questions, and Elon Musk has confirmed that he would participate.

This topic raises the possibility that if a Twitter employee posted statements similar to those posted by Musk on the social network, they would be the subject of a human resources investigation.

Something that raises the question of whether members of the board of directors, such as Elon Musk, should be subject to the same restrictions as the rest of the company's members in terms of what can and cannot be released.

Given this and other employees' concerns, it would appear that the quality vote in decisions will be assigned to Parag Agrawal, the company's CEO since Jack Dorsey left a few months ago.

Musk, on the other hand, claimed that he was "looking forward to working with Parag and the Twitter board to make significant changes to Twitter in the coming months" when confirming his admission on Twitter.

Of course, we must recall that Musk has already been involved in a number of Twitter disputes, more or less recently. From questioning Vladimir Putin one-on-one to making allegations about alleged financial transactions involving Tesla, which resulted in an investigation by regulators. What will happen now that he has a say in how the social network operates? It's a little frightening to think about.