In what is something only Elon Musk would dream up, a simple yes or no question looks like it will change the leadership at Twitter. On Sunday afternoon Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking if he should step down as head of the social media company, just a few months after buying Twitter for $44 billion and taking the position of Chief Twit.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
As you can see, more than 17.5 million users took part in the poll, with a resounding 57.5 per cent saying yes he should step down.
Musk noted that he would abide by the poll results, so now we wait for who will be his successor.
Elon, of course, has made decisions by Twitter poll in the past and did stick by the results.
No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2022
There were, of course, a lot of discourse on and off Twitter about the poll. Even some blasts from the past came out of the woodwork, including from the founder of one of the original social networks, MySpace, Tom Anderson.
https://twitter.com/myspacetom/status/1604658018213195777
The poll could be more of a farce than anything else, as the rumours have been circling for weeks that Elon was looking for a successor.
It remains to be seen who could take on the role, but Lex Fridman put his hat into the ring and may be up for the position, even though Musk tried to persuade him against it.
You must like pain a lot. One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May. Still want the job?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
