Elon Musk launched a poll asking Twitter users to vote “Yes” or “No” on the question of whether he should step down as the head of Twitter — claiming he’ll abide by the result. What that actually means is anybody’s guess at this point.
Following another rocky week at the helm of Twitter, Elon Musk has put up a poll asking the platform’s users if he should step down as head of the company, claiming “I will abide by the results of this poll.” Thus far, a solid majority of the millions of respondents to the unscientific poll have voted “Yes.”
What any of it actually means — regardless of the result — is anybody’s guess at this point.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
As the “Yes” votes continued to pile up, Musk tweeted through it, as is his wont. “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it,” he said in one tweet.
Reminder that Musk has repeatedly said both publicly and privately since before buying Twitter that he intends to find another CEO https://t.co/tVU93FdCUB— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) December 19, 2022
Replying to speculation that he has already chosen a successor and is using the poll as cover for wanting to hand over the reins, Musk claimed that “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive.
