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Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink CEO Elon Musk is not going to make too many friends in the liberal offices at Twitter headquarters.
He took to the platform he now owns the majority of shares in on Saturday and did some fantastic trolling with proposed mock changes.
In one of his polls, he proposed converting Twitter headquarters in San Francisco into a homeless shelter.
“Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway,” he said.
Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
This comes a month after Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal promised that Twitter employees could work from home forever if they wanted to.
“Here’s the announcement to the company about our approach and commitment to truly flexible work,” he said.
“Business travel is back effective immediately, and all global Twitter offices will open starting on March 15. 2) Decisions about where you work, whether you feel safe traveling for business, and what events you attend, should be yours,” he said.
Text-only summary: 1) Business travel is back effective immediately, and all global Twitter offices will open starting on March 15. 2) Decisions about where you work, whether you feel safe traveling for business, and what events you attend, should be yours. (cont.)
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) March 3, 2022
Decisions about where you work should be yours? Does that apply to everyone or only Twitter employees? Because it is going to be tough for surgeons to perform operations in their homes.
“Wherever you feel most productive and creative is where you will work and that includes WFH full-time forever. 4) Distributed working will be challenging. We’ll need to be proactive, intentional, learn, and adapt. 5) Thank you to the team who has supported us every day,” he said.
Musk may be on to something with making the headquarters a homeless shelter.
In another tweet, the billionaire asked, “Delete the w in twitter?”
Delete the w in twitter?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
Then he questioned the top accounts on Twitter, of which he is one, being so inactive and asked if Twitter was “dying.”
“Most of these ‘top’ accounts tweet rarely and post very little content. Is Twitter dying?” he said.
Most of these “top” accounts tweet rarely and post very little content.
Is Twitter dying? https://t.co/lj9rRXfDHE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
“For example, @taylorswift13 hasn’t posted anything in 3 months,” he said.
For example, @taylorswift13 hasn’t posted anything in 3 months
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
“And @justinbieber only posted once this entire year,” he said.
And @justinbieber only posted once this entire year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
He then started talking about Twitter Blue, the premium service that costs $3 monthly.
“Everyone who signs up for Twitter Blue (ie pays $3/month) should get an authentication checkmark,” the billionaire said.
Everyone who signs up for Twitter Blue (ie pays $3/month) should get an authentication checkmark
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
“Blue already has a modifiable 20 second time to edit tweet feature,” he said.
Blue already has a modifiable 20 second time to edit tweet feature
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
Then he started talking about what would be a monumental change to the entire platform.
“And no ads. The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive,” he said.
And no ads. The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
“But should be different from ‘public figure’ or ‘official account’ checkmark,” he said.
But should be different from “public figure” or “official account” checkmark
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
Musk is preparing to meet with Twitter staff who are “concerned” after he became the largest shareholder of the social media platform.
Musk will hold a town hall with staff at the San Francisco-based firm who are concerned that his new majority ownership will end their woke agenda, The Washington Post reported.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the AMA, or “Ask me Anything” session, though he did not say when the event would take place, in an email to staff.
“We say that Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. Often, we [at] Twitter are what’s happening and what people are talking about. That has certainly been the case this week,” he said in the email on Thursday in which he invited staff to the AMA.
“Following our board announcement, many of you have had different types of questions about Elon Musk, and I want to welcome you to ask those questions to him,” he said.
It comes after Agrawal Agrawal made the announcement one day after Musk became the largest shareholder in the company.
He took to the platform on Tuesday and said that the billionaire will now be on the Twitter board of directors.
He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board! Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board,” he said in a tweet thread.
“He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!” he said.
