No less than 10 million Twitter users have voted to force Elon Musk to step down as CEO of the company. The users voted in an opinion poll organised by Musk himself.
On Sunday, the new Twitter owner, Elon Musk asked Twitter users to decide if he should stay in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he had made a policy mistake that prohibited Twitter users from sharing links to other rival media platforms.
Although the policy has been curtailed, it, however, drew huge negative reactions from the users of the microblogging platform. This is not the first time Twitter users will come hard on Elon Musk. Since the purchase of the social media giant in a deal worth $44 billion, MMusk’sleadership at Twitter has been accompanied with several controversies.
Investors King could recall that Musk had increased Twitter Blue Checkmark from $4 to almost $8 every month. He also embarked on mass layoff, caused by the resignations of some staff of the company.
Similarly, a number of big brands including General Motors, Ford, and Volkswagen among others also stopped paid advertisements on the platform claiming that Musk could open the platform to hate speech.
Musk said on Sunday that he would abide by the results of the poll, but he did not give details on when he would step down if the result said he should.
Before the poll, Tesla Investors lamented that Elon Musk is devoting too much time to Twitter at the expense of his electric motor company.
Tesla shares have already lost nearly 60% of their value this year, as, like other carmakers, it battles supply chain issues and increasing competition in the Electric Vehicle space.
Although Elon Musk has not responded to the poll, observers are however keen on seeing him honouring his pledge. If Musk honours his word, he will have to find a new CEO for the social media company giving him ample time to manage Tesla and his other companies including SpaceX.