'It's a free country' : Musk on potential exodus of Twitter employees after his takeover
After the billionaire signed a deal to buy Twitter, everyone has got inquisitive to know what changes Musk would like to bring on Twitter. At the event, Musk said: "Twitter is sort of niche, and I want a much bigger percentage of the country to be on it, engaging in dialogue," news agency Reuters reported.
Don't feel for me, pray for Twitter instead: Parag Agrawal
Amid multiple reports that Musk has lined up a new CEO to replace him, Agrawal has already said that he took the job to change Twitter for the better, course correct where we need to, and strengthen the service. "I feel for the current CEO of Twitter (@paraga) - he had all these plans and now lives with the same uncertainty of his whole team," posted a Twitter user.
Twitter bans 2 right-wing accounts as Musk promotes free speech
The micro-blogging platform permanently suspended their accounts shortly after the duo rejoined it with creating new Twitter handles, for violating platform rules against evading bans, reports The Verge. Lindell was banned last year while Zelenko was banned in 2020. Lindell was originally suspended for violating Twitter's rules against election misinformation.
Nearly half of Elon Musk's 90mn Twitter followers are 'fake'
According to Twitter auditing tool SparkToro, of Musk's 87.9 million followers (at the time of the research audit), roughly 48 per cent are fake, reports Time. These are the accounts that are "unreachable and will not see the account's tweets because they're spam, bots, propaganda, etc. or because they're no longer active on Twitter". Musk currently has nearly 90 million followers on Twitter.
After setting Twitter on fire, Musk now says he has no political side
The world's richest man last week supported Trump's social network app 'Truth Social' by sharing its App Store ranking on his microblogging handle. "The far left hates everyone, themselves included!" Musk said in a fresh tweet.
"But I'm no fan of the far right either. Let's have less hate and more love," he added.
Musk gains 6 mn followers amid $44 bn Twitter deal saga
The Tesla CEO likely had around 83 million followers before the Twitter deal. However, as of now, he has over 89 million followers on the microblogging site. Meanwhile, a report by Time said that Musk's follower count has been significantly boosted by fake accounts. According to audience research tool SparkToro, Musk has nearly 7 per cent more fake followers than the median 41 per cent that accounts with similar sized followings have.
Elon Musk 'lines up' a new Twitter CEO once he takes over
Agrawal, who will receive approximately $40 million if he quits or is removed from his position as Twitter CEO, has reportedly said that the senior executives "hadn't even seen the plans for the company that Musk reportedly shared with bankers". Agrawal had told employees that there would be "no layoffs at this time". However, according to reports, one area where Musk may make job cuts is the company's policy department.
How Twitter users reacted to Elon Musk's takeover
The Tesla CEO's acquisition of Twitter has received a mixed reaction from the Twitterati. "Elon Musk has finally set bluebird," a user wrote on the micro-blogging platform. According to reports, there were more than 200,000 Google searches for "Elon Musk Twitter" on Monday.
Jack Dorsey is now Block's Head, drops CEO title
Dorsey co-founded Square in 2009, and the company changed its name to Block in December. According to The Verge, the company filed an 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcing the change, and of course, the new title came into effect on 4/20. Despite the new title, the Twitter co-founder's job at Block will ultimately remain the same: there will be "no changes in Dorsey's roles and responsibilities, and he will continue to serve as principal executive officer of the Company".
Twitter working on its own status update feature
The possible feature was first spotted by Jane Manchun Wong, a researcher and reverse engineer with a track record of spoiling upcoming app updates, reports The Verge. Screenshots shared by Wong show a "Set a status" field above the tweet composer box. A dropdown list has five pre-set vibes, none of which sound that fun, including "shopping grocery" and "driving highway".
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