Musk launches poll asking if he should step down from Twitter

[Kablooie]

Source: Reuters

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk launched a poll on Sunday asking: "Should I step down as head of Twitter?

Link to tweet

He added, "I will abide by the results of this poll."



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-launches-poll-asking-if-he-should-step-down-twitter-2022-12-18/

[Deuxcents]

1. Good grief

[Aviation Pro]

2. No, I love a good clown show

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[myohmy2]

3. how...

...far down would he really step...?

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[Stuart G]

4. Farther than you could ever expect!

[niyad]

22. happy 15th DUnniversary.

[Stuart G]

24. Thank You for that information. I had no idea today was the day. Thanks Again.

[niyad]

28. You are most welcome.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. the cesspool of hate..of course they want the loon to stay..who the hell

is even left to vote in the poll..what does he want, everyone to log back on twitter???..

[sanatanadharma]

6. All CEO's ought be controlled by polls

I'd love to give thumbs down to some .

[Grokenstein]

7. Who would replace him?

Rightwankers think it'll be either dim donnie or his equally shitty son-in-law. Neither would hold such a poll.

[NullTuples]

23. Some toadie paid to take directions from Musk

Elon apparently has a thinner skin that most thought.

Also though, there's an unsubstantiated as of yet mention that the Saudi Prince told him to get a CEO.

[a kennedy]

8. He is insane........seriously....he's insane.

[agingdem]

9. now that Apartheid Muskrat

opened twitter up to every racist gutter thug on the planet I'm betting he ain't going nowhere...can he be anymore disgusting?...probably...

[oldsoftie]

10. THIS is his way out.

[Karma13612]

14. As I said to my husband when he told me about the poll:

Musk is a coward.

He can’t simply admit he has made a hash of things on Twitter. He can not say, “oops, I f’d up.” He is going to leave it to millions of twitter followers to decide his fate.

I would hope our government rethinks any future contracts with this insane narcissistic man-child.

[patphil]

11. I can't wait to see the results.

Should I stay or should I go.

[Warpy]

12. I'm sure Cosy Bear can summon enough bots to support him

Computer savvy people in Russia use VPNs to read and post on forbidden sites. The FSB would pay for those for their troll farms.

It won't even be close, not that he'd pay much attention to it if he lost.

[BlueIdaho]

13. He is the dog that caught the car

And he knows it. The excitement of starting something is way better than the daily grind of running it.

[PatSeg]

21. Yes, he sounds like that sort of person

Always starting something new and getting bored with it quickly. Then moves on to something else.

[CentralMass]

15. I'll bet that he bans everyone that votes yes.

[drray23]

16. it's just to save face. all major investors want him out.

he can pretend he did it on his own after a poll.
look at this thread where it is discussed https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217476944

[PurgedVoter]

17. Brilliant

This way he can suspend all the negative voters, declare their votes invalid and win by 100%. A perfect plan to get more people on Mastodon!

Or, he can succeed from office, still restrict hiring and watch Twitter crumble and blame someone else.

Seriously when was his accident and when did the walk-in take over. He was bad from the start, but that was just South African Emerald Mine Wealth Syndrome. His current disorder would take living in a tank with only evil sycophantic yes men to talk to. Oh, wait, I guess that happened.

[orleans]

18. this

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[Kablooie]

19. Yep. It's so he can save face.

When the poll tells him to go he will say he is just acquiescing to the will of the people.
When in reality he is only acquiescing to the will of the middle east investors he needs.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

25. such a train wreck

[PatSeg]

20. Ha, ha, ha, yeah sure he will!

He will do whatever he wants to do like always.

[SouthernDem4ever]

26. He should sell it to someone who knows how to run it

like the people he fired. Sell it for pennies on the dollar, since that is all it's worth now since he's been over it.

[BigmanPigman]

27. I have never been a Twitter user so I do don't know how this works.

Is this like a DU Poll where you just want general feedback or is this a real system Musk is using g to direct him financially and as a corporation? Why does he do this and what amount of validity does it have? It seems like a BS teenager's post about his/her next date. Is he serious? Does a legit business really get corporate feedback this way? This seems like a lame-assed joke by a pre-teen about their popularity in Middle School.

[modrepub]

29. Brings Up The Possibility And Tesla's Stock Price

jumps 5%. This is all you really need to know.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-stock-rallies-prospect-elon-094652272.html

"Tesla’s stock rose as much as 5% at the start of early trading Monday."

And do you really trust someone who is a notorious micromanager to step away from a company he technically owns?