San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter’s youngest board member and major shareholder, Elon Musk, took to Twitter on Saturday to ask if the social networking site was “dying” and to invite users such as singer Justin Bieber, who is highly monitored but rarely publishes.
“Most of these ‘top’ accounts rarely tweet and publish very little content,” wrote the Tesla boss, writing in the caption a list of the 10 most followed profiles – a list that includes himself in the number 8, with 81 million followers. “Is Twitter dying?” He wrote. Former United States President Barack Obama tops the list with 131 million followers, followed by stars such as Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Taylor Swift, as well as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, among others. . “For example, @ taylorswift13 has not posted anything for 3 months,” Musk continued. “And @justinbieber posted only once this year.” The social media company named Musk on the board on Tuesday, after the honest and polarized executive revealed that he had acquired more than 9% of the company’s shares, making him the largest shareholder of Twitter. Musk said he was looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter” soon and began polling his followers on whether to add an “edit” button to the service, a long-discussed customization. Twitter has now said it will start experimenting with one. On Thursday, Musk posted on Twitter a photo of himself smoking marijuana on a Joe Rogan podcast in 2018, with the caption “The next Twitter board meeting will light up.” His ridiculousness often raises eyebrows and occasionally provokes condemnation, such as when Jewish groups sparked his tweet comparing Canadian leader Justin Trinto to Adolf Hitler about vaccination orders for Covid-19. Musk later deleted the tweet without apologizing. The appointment has caused controversy among some officials, according to a Washington Post article. Employees of the California-based social networking company have expressed concern about Musk’s statements about transgender people and his reputation as a difficult and guided leader, according to statements in Slack commented on by the Post. A California agency has sued Tesla, alleging discrimination and harassment against black workers. The electric car maker has denied the allegations, saying it opposes discrimination. © 2022 AFP
