Elon Musk has announced his intention to resign as CEO of Twitter, an announcement that comes shortly after he conducted a straw poll where 57.5% of 17.5 million respondents voted he should go. The po
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Elon Musk has announced his intention to resign as CEO of Twitter, an announcement that comes shortly after he conducted a straw poll where 57.5% of 17.5 million respondents voted he should go. The poll in itself was likely a smokescreen for decisions already made, with Musk’s takeover of the platform mired from its beginnings in chaos, veering through legal action to completion, followed by mass firings and on-the-hoof policy changes.
This is in some ways an act of misdirection. Elon Musk owns Twitter and that is very unlikely to change in the short term. As this year has shown, the billionaire is not afraid to make unpopular decisions and wade into the mud-slinging aftermath, but many of his changes have been hasty, poorly implemented or rolled-back.
Musk’s takeover was completed in October, since when about half of Twitter’s workforce has been fired.
